Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #46,312 of 84,120 nationally
Jamestown Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 45015020401 · Berkeley County, SC · pop 3,879 · 4% of tract blocks fall in Jamestown
In Jamestown, census tract 45015020401 scores 5.1/10 for eviction risk. It lands near the 41st percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
8% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 4% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $969 a month while the average household earns $46,557 a year, roughly 25% of income at the averages. About 27% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units1,608
Renter share26.9%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate15.1%
Median income$46,557
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
81
th percentile
High
Within state
44
th percentile
Moderate
National
45
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Jamestown and the region
Centroid at 33.1852, -79.7255 · click any tract to drill in
Why Jamestown scores 3.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Jamestown
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
15.1% poverty · this tract
3.8
Supply constraint
$969 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Jamestown
8.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Jamestown
8.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Jamestown
5.3
How Jamestown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 73
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 72%Socioeconomic
- 65%Household composition
- 62%Racial/ethnic minority
- 66%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)
- 219Total filings over 5 yrs
- 17.02%Avg annual filing rate
- 27.5%Peak (2014)
- 71Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 103% 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.
- 18.9%Housing insecurity
- 14.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 29.0%Food insecurity
- 20.0%SNAP enrollment
- 13.0%Transit barriers
- 15.2%No health insurance
- 19.2%Frequent mental distress
- 43.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Jamestown
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 8.7/10. 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 Jamestown, 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 219 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 17.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 27.5% of renter households in 2014.
In CDC survey modeling, about 18.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 14.0% 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 45015020401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45015020401?
Census tract 45015020401 in Jamestown scores 3.7/10 (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 45015020401?
Median gross rent is $969/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 8% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45015020401?
15.1% of residents in tract 45015020401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,879.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45015020401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 65th, minority 62th, housing 66th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45015020401?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 219 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45015020401 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 17.02% of renter households, peaking at 27.5% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45015020401 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.9% 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. 14.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 45015020401 compare to Jamestown overall?
Tract 45015020401 scores 3.7/10, higher than the parent city of Jamestown at 2.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Jamestown; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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