Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #47,371 of 84,120 nationally
Essex Eviction Risk: Moderate , Charleston
Tract 45019002614 · Charleston County, SC · pop 3,527 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
45019002614 is a census tract in the Essex area of Charleston, SC. It scores 4.1/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,527 residents. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.7/10.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 31%
Owners 53%
Tract context
Occupied units1,482
Renter share47.4%
SVI overall0.61
Poverty rate12.0%
Median income$67,474
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
68
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
60
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Charleston and the region
Centroid at 32.8019, -80.0444 · click any tract to drill in
Why Essex scores 4.1
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
12.0% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$1,210 rent vs county FMR
1.6
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: 61
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 56%Socioeconomic
- 49%Household composition
- 39%Racial/ethnic minority
- 73%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)
- 1,030Total filings over 4 yrs
- 26.01%Avg annual filing rate
- 34.9%Peak (2013)
- 160Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 42% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 341Total filings 2020-21
- 4.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 11.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.40×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.
- 11.8%Housing insecurity
- 7.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.5%Food insecurity
- 8.5%SNAP enrollment
- 7.6%Transit barriers
- 10.3%No health insurance
- 15.7%Frequent mental distress
- 26.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Essex
Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. around a third of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Charleston County average of 45.9%.
Average gross rent is $1,210, 30% below the Charleston average. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.6/10. The severe-burden share is 10%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
The filing record is not thin: 1,030 evictions over 4 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2013, when 34.9% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 26.0% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #47,371 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 6.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
It tracks the Charleston County average of 3.7 closely. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $67,474.
47% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 45019002614
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45019002614?
Census tract 45019002614 in the Essex neighborhood 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 45019002614?
Median gross rent is $1,210/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45019002614?
12.0% of residents in tract 45019002614 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,527.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45019002614?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 49th, minority 39th, housing 73th.
Q5
Is tract 45019002614 considered part of Essex?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45019002614 fall within Essex (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45019002614?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,030 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 45019002614 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 26.01% of renter households, peaking at 34.9% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 45019002614 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.40× 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 45019002614 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.8% 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. 7.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 45019002614 compare to Charleston overall?
Tract 45019002614 scores 4.1/10, 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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