Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #46,312 of 84,120 nationally
Essex Eviction Risk: Lower , Charleston
Tract 45019002614 · Charleston County, SC · pop 3,527 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
How risky is the Essex neighborhood of Charleston for landlords? Census tract 45019002614 scores 4.8/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 31% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 34% of renter households, a high level, and 10% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,210 monthly, set against $67,474 in average yearly household income, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 47% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
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
71
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
44
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Charleston and the region
Centroid at 32.8019, -80.0444 · 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
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
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 3.5/10. 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 Charleston eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Charleston County average of 5.2 and below the South Carolina statewide average of 5.5. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.40x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 45019002614
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45019002614?
Census tract 45019002614 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 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 3.7/10, higher than the parent city of Charleston at 2.6/10. 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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