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Census Tract · Ranked #69,776 of 84,120 nationally

Goose Creek Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 45015020809 · Berkeley County, SC · pop 3,757 · 46% of tract blocks fall in Goose Creek

Tract 45015020809 covers Goose Creek in Berkeley County in South Carolina. Home to 3,757 residents, it scores $1/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 38th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 27% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,197 a month against an average household income of $77,411 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. About 14% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
2.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4% Stable renters 10% Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units1,225
Renter share14.0%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate4.5%
Median income$77,411

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
31 th percentile
Rank, 31st percentileLowHigh
#12 of 17 tracts In Goose Creek
Low
Within county
26 th percentile
Rank, 26th percentileLowHigh
#36 of 48 tracts In Berkeley County
Low
Within state
12 th percentile
Rank, 12th percentileLowHigh
#1,157 of 1,317 tracts In South Carolina
Very Low
National
17 th percentile
Rank, 17th percentileLowHigh
#69,776 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Goose Creek and the region

Centroid at 32.9860, -80.0240 · click any tract to drill in

Why Goose Creek scores 2.3

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
4.5% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,197 rent vs county FMR
1.6
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: 2.32.3This tracttract 020809Goose Creek: 2.42.4Goose Creekparent cityCounty: 2.92.9Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.04.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 78

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)

  • 587Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 34.48%Avg annual filing rate
  • 38.5%Peak (2013)
  • 124Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2014
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 450150208092010: 110 filings (33.33/100 renter HHs)2011: 131 filings (38.19/100 renter HHs)2012: 90 filings (26.24/100 renter HHs)2013: 132 filings (38.48/100 renter HHs)2014: 124 filings (36.15/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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

The score leans hardest on 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 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 13.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 78th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 45015020809

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45015020809?

Census tract 45015020809 in Goose Creek scores 2.3/10 (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 45015020809?

Median gross rent is $1,197/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 45015020809?

4.5% of residents in tract 45015020809 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,757.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 45015020809?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 68th, household 95th, minority 75th, housing 48th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45015020809?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 587 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45015020809 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 34.48% of renter households, peaking at 38.5% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 45015020809 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.8% 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. 8.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 45015020809 compare to Goose Creek overall?

Tract 45015020809 scores 2.3/10, 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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