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Census Tract · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally

Goose Creek Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 45015020804 · Berkeley County, SC · pop 2,976 · 14% of tract blocks fall in Goose Creek

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 45015020804 (Goose Creek, South Carolina) comes in at 5.4/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 52% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 39% of renter households, a high level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,328 monthly, set against $63,986 in average yearly household income, roughly 25% of income at the averages. About 21% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8% Stable renters 13% Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units1,597
Renter share20.6%
SVI overall0.40
Poverty rate3.7%
Median income$63,986

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 17 tracts In Goose Creek
Moderate
Within county
38 th percentile
Rank, 38th percentileLowHigh
#30 of 48 tracts In Berkeley County
Low
Within state
16 th percentile
Rank, 16th percentileLowHigh
#1,109 of 1,317 tracts In South Carolina
Very Low
National
21 th percentile
Rank, 21st percentileLowHigh
#66,742 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Goose Creek and the region

Centroid at 32.9757, -80.0136 · click any tract to drill in

Why Goose Creek scores 2.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Goose Creek
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
3.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,328 rent vs county FMR
2.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Goose Creek
5.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Goose Creek
6.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Goose Creek
4.8

How Goose Creek compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Goose Creek risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 2.52.5This tracttract 020804Goose Creek: 2.42.4Goose Creekparent cityCounty: 2.92.9Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.04.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 40

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 1,477Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 67.00%Avg annual filing rate
  • 75.6%Peak (2014)
  • 344Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2014
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 450150208042010: 235 filings (62.01/100 renter HHs)2011: 243 filings (53.41/100 renter HHs)2012: 330 filings (72.53/100 renter HHs)2013: 325 filings (71.43/100 renter HHs)2014: 344 filings (75.60/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 46% 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Goose Creek

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 6.8/10. 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 inherited from Goose Creek eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Berkeley County average of 5.5 and in line with the South Carolina statewide average of 5.5. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is Black and White and ranks around the 40th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

In CDC survey modeling, about 14.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.8% 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 45015020804

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45015020804?

Census tract 45015020804 in Goose Creek scores 2.5/10 (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 45015020804?

Median gross rent is $1,328/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 45015020804?

3.7% of residents in tract 45015020804 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,976.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 45015020804?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 29th, household 57th, minority 78th, housing 33th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45015020804?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,477 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45015020804 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 67.00% of renter households, peaking at 75.6% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 45015020804 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.7% 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. 8.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 45015020804 compare to Goose Creek overall?

Tract 45015020804 scores 2.5/10, right in line with the parent city of Goose Creek at 2.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Goose Creek eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Goose Creek

Top eight tracts in Goose Creek ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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