Within parent city
88
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #47,371 of 84,120 nationally
Goose Creek Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 45015020808 · Berkeley County, SC · pop 3,770 · 66% of tract blocks fall in Goose Creek
Tract 45015020808 sits in Goose Creek eviction risk, SC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.1/10. It is home to 3,770 residents. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.8/10.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units1,112
Renter share34.2%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate12.3%
Median income$79,348
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
66
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
60
th percentile
Elevated
National
44
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Goose Creek and the region
Centroid at 32.9947, -80.0183 · click any tract to drill in
Why Goose Creek scores 4.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
12.3% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$1,439 rent vs county FMR
2.9
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 58
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 58%Socioeconomic
- 77%Household composition
- 74%Racial/ethnic minority
- 29%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)
- 1,236Total filings over 5 yrs
- 55.10%Avg annual filing rate
- 76.1%Peak (2014)
- 381Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 124% 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.
- 17.3%Housing insecurity
- 10.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 22.5%Food insecurity
- 11.7%SNAP enrollment
- 10.4%Transit barriers
- 15.7%No health insurance
- 18.3%Frequent mental distress
- 34.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Goose Creek
Running cool, state political climate reads 2.1/10. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.2/10.
Cost burden runs 43% here against 37.8% across Berkeley County. 11% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,236 filings here across 5 tracked years. At $1,439 a month, rents run 15% under what the rest of Goose Creek commands.
The worst year on record was 2014, when 76.1% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 55.1% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #47,371 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 45015020808
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45015020808?
Census tract 45015020808 in Goose Creek scores 4.1/10 (Moderate 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 45015020808?
Median gross rent is $1,439/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45015020808?
12.3% of residents in tract 45015020808 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,770.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45015020808?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 58th, household 77th, minority 74th, housing 29th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45015020808?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,236 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45015020808 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 55.10% of renter households, peaking at 76.1% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45015020808 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.3% 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. 10.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 45015020808 compare to Goose Creek overall?
Tract 45015020808 scores 4.1/10, higher than the parent city of Goose Creek at 3.8/10. 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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45015020718
5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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45015020712
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · SC
Deerfield Place
4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · SC
45015020806
3.8
/ 10 · Low
Tract · SC
Timbercrest Village at Tanner Plantation
3.8
/ 10 · Low
Tract · SC
45015020725
3.7
/ 10 · Low
Tract · SC
45015020804
3.6
/ 10 · Low
Tract · SC
45015020707
3.6
/ 10 · Low
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