Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #34,278 of 84,120 nationally
Aquarium Wharf Eviction Risk: Moderate , Charleston
Tract 45019000900 · Charleston County, SC · pop 1,671 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Census tract 45019000900 covers part of the Aquarium Wharf area of Charleston, SC, and scores 4.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 46%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 50%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 21%
Tract context
Occupied units511
Renter share78.9%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate37.7%
Median income$68,340
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
98
th percentile
Very High
Within state
82
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Charleston and the region
Centroid at 32.7976, -79.9288 · click any tract to drill in
Why Aquarium Wharf scores 4.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Charleston
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
37.7% poverty · this tract
9.4
Supply constraint
$1,731 rent vs county FMR
4.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Charleston
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Charleston
3.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Charleston
3.0
How Aquarium Wharf compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 39
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 96%Socioeconomic
- 6%Household composition
- 56%Racial/ethnic minority
- 4%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)
- 456Total filings over 4 yrs
- 29.23%Avg annual filing rate
- 46.4%Peak (2014)
- 55Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 47% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 349Total filings 2020-21
- 4.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 13.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.33×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Charleston, SC as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Aquarium Wharf. 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.
- 17.4%Housing insecurity
- 12.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 23.3%Food insecurity
- 16.5%SNAP enrollment
- 12.8%Transit barriers
- 13.1%No health insurance
- 19.8%Frequent mental distress
- 29.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Aquarium Wharf
Against Charleston County at 45.9%, 63% of renters here are cost-burdened. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.7/10. On the high side, economic stress reads 9.4/10.
The poverty rate is 38%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. This is renter territory: 79% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. It sits 1.2 points above the Charleston County average of 3.7. Court records carry 456 eviction filings across 4 observed years.
The worst year on record was 2014, when 46.4% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 29.2% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 59th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.6/10. Statewide the SC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. Average gross rent is $1,731, close to the Charleston average.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 45019000900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45019000900?
Census tract 45019000900 in the Aquarium Wharf neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (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 45019000900?
Median gross rent is $1,731/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45019000900?
37.7% of residents in tract 45019000900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,671.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45019000900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 6th, minority 56th, housing 4th.
Q5
Is tract 45019000900 considered part of Aquarium Wharf?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45019000900 fall within Aquarium Wharf (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45019000900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 456 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 45019000900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 29.23% of renter households, peaking at 46.4% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 45019000900 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.33× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Charleston eviction risk, SC), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 45019000900 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.4% 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. 12.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 45019000900 compare to Charleston overall?
Tract 45019000900 scores 4.9/10, higher than the parent city of Charleston at 3.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Charleston eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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