Within county
43
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #65,113 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 45015020301 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 45015020301 · Berkeley County, SC · pop 4,496
Census tract 45015020301 sits in Berkeley, South Carolina eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 4.8/10. On the national scale it ranks #58,135 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
35% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,111 a month while the average household earns $69,318 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. About 16% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.6
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units1,496
Renter share16.0%
SVI overall0.41
Poverty rate3.5%
Median income$69,318
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
18
th percentile
Very Low
National
23
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Berkeley County and the region
Centroid at 33.2871, -79.8281 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 45015020301 scores 2.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
2.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
3.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,111 rent vs county FMR
1.1
Rent control risk
State baseline
2.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 45015020301 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 41
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 55%Socioeconomic
- 73%Household composition
- 45%Racial/ethnic minority
- 10%Housing & transportation
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 104Total filings over 5 yrs
- 12.21%Avg annual filing rate
- 21.9%Peak (2014)
- 35Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 59% over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 13.9%Housing insecurity
- 9.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.4%Food insecurity
- 11.9%SNAP enrollment
- 9.3%Transit barriers
- 13.4%No health insurance
- 18.5%Frequent mental distress
- 38.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 45015020301
What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are set by South Carolina eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Berkeley County average of 5.5 and below the South Carolina statewide average of 5.5. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 104 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 12.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 21.9% of renter households in 2014.
In CDC survey modeling, about 13.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 45015020301
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45015020301?
Census tract 45015020301 in Berkeley County scores 2.6/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 45015020301?
Median gross rent is $1,111/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45015020301?
3.5% of residents in tract 45015020301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,496.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45015020301?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 41th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 55th, household 73th, minority 45th, housing 10th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45015020301?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 104 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45015020301 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.21% of renter households, peaking at 21.9% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45015020301 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.9% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 9.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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