Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally
Essex Eviction Risk: Lower , Charleston
Tract 45019002613 · Charleston County, SC · pop 6,285 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
With a score of 3.7/10, tract 45019002613 in the Essex area of Charleston, SC reads lower for landlord eviction risk. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.7/10.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 53%
Tract context
Occupied units2,965
Renter share46.9%
SVI overall0.70
Poverty rate10.0%
Median income$74,183
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
59
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
59
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
50
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Charleston and the region
Centroid at 32.8200, -80.0434 · click any tract to drill in
Why Essex scores 3.7
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
10.0% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,383 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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 Essex compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 70
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 55%Socioeconomic
- 26%Household composition
- 55%Racial/ethnic minority
- 96%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)
- 602Total filings over 4 yrs
- 10.68%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.9%Peak (2014)
- 136Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 600Total filings 2020-21
- 7.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 14.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.53×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 Essex. 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.
- 10.4%Housing insecurity
- 6.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.6%Food insecurity
- 6.9%SNAP enrollment
- 7.0%Transit barriers
- 10.4%No health insurance
- 15.5%Frequent mental distress
- 26.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Essex
On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. 20% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.1/10.
At $1,383 a month, rents run 20% under what the rest of Charleston commands. Court records carry 602 eviction filings across 4 observed years.
SNAP participation runs 6.9% against 15.2% nationally. Filings peaked in 2014 at 12.9% of renter households. In a typical year about 10.7% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 35th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.3/10.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 47% of renters. It tracks the Charleston County average of 3.7 closely.
Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $74,183.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 45019002613
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45019002613?
Census tract 45019002613 in the Essex neighborhood 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 45019002613?
Median gross rent is $1,383/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45019002613?
10.0% of residents in tract 45019002613 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,285.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45019002613?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 55th, household 26th, minority 55th, housing 96th.
Q5
Is tract 45019002613 considered part of Essex?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45019002613 fall within Essex (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45019002613?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 602 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 45019002613 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.68% of renter households, peaking at 12.9% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 45019002613 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.53× 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 45019002613 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.4% 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. 6.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 45019002613 compare to Charleston overall?
Tract 45019002613 scores 3.7/10, right in line with 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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