Goose Creek Eviction Risk: Moderate

Severe burden reaches 37%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.8/10.

On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.1/10. Against the Berkeley County average of 3.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points.

The poverty rate is 24%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.2/10. Food insecurity runs 28.2% against 17.8% nationally.

Court records carry 3,647 eviction filings across 5 observed years. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 14.5% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Average gross rent is $1,531, 9% below the Goose Creek average.

The worst year on record was 2010, when 137.6% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 98.7% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 65th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.