Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #39,389 of 84,120 nationally
Ladson Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 45015020717 · Berkeley County, SC · pop 5,984 · 60% of tract blocks fall in Ladson
For landlords sizing up Ladson in Berkeley County, census tract 45015020717 carries an elevated eviction-risk score of 6.2/10. That is riskier than about 79% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 49% of renter households, a severe level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,579 a month against an average household income of $67,096 a year, roughly 28% of income at the averages. Renters make up 33% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units2,069
Renter share32.8%
SVI overall0.66
Poverty rate23.5%
Median income$67,096
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
92
th percentile
Very High
Within state
55
th percentile
Moderate
National
53
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ladson and the region
Centroid at 33.0291, -80.0981 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ladson scores 4.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Ladson
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
23.5% poverty · this tract
5.9
Supply constraint
$1,579 rent vs county FMR
3.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ladson
5.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ladson
4.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ladson
5.7
How Ladson compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 66
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 66%Socioeconomic
- 50%Household composition
- 66%Racial/ethnic minority
- 61%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)
- 1,433Total filings over 5 yrs
- 43.17%Avg annual filing rate
- 59.3%Peak (2014)
- 408Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 38% 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.
- 18.6%Housing insecurity
- 12.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 24.3%Food insecurity
- 14.4%SNAP enrollment
- 11.5%Transit barriers
- 14.8%No health insurance
- 19.6%Frequent mental distress
- 35.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ladson
The score leans hardest on economic stress at 5.9/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Ladson eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Berkeley County average of 5.5 and above the South Carolina statewide average of 5.5. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 18.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 12.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 66th 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.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 45015020717
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45015020717?
Census tract 45015020717 in Ladson 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 45015020717?
Median gross rent is $1,579/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45015020717?
23.5% of residents in tract 45015020717 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,984.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45015020717?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 66th, household 50th, minority 66th, housing 61th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45015020717?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,433 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45015020717 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 43.17% of renter households, peaking at 59.3% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45015020717 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.6% 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. 12.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 45015020717 compare to Ladson overall?
Tract 45015020717 scores 4.1/10, higher than the parent city of Ladson at 2.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ladson eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Ladson
Top eight tracts in Ladson ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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