Goose Creek Eviction Risk: Moderate

Cost burden runs 23% here against 37.8% across Berkeley County. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.1/10. At $1,306 a month, rents run 23% under what the rest of Goose Creek commands.

Against the Berkeley County average of 3.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.2/10. The poverty rate is 19%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 258 filings here across 5 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2014, when 24.5% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 18.5% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #31,049 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the SC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 1.1 points hotter.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $67,963.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.