1 census tracts · pop 1,912 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.3/10
· range 3.3–3.3
Harleston Place is a one-tract neighborhood of Charleston, SC, population 1,912. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 3.3/10, in the Lower tier. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10.
Well under the midpoint is economic stress, at 2.5/10. 33% of renters spend 30% or more of household income on rent. Court records for this tract carry 216 eviction filings.
SNAP participation is 5.6% of households versus 15.2% nationally. Filing activity peaked in 2014 at 24.2% of renter households. On the softer side is eviction-process difficulty, at 3/10.
Food insecurity affects 9.6% of adults, 8.2 points below the national rate. The most recent observed rate, 2.8% in 2015, is well off that peak. That places it #13 of 23 neighborhoods in Charleston.
Only 20% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin here; price renewals off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Average gross rent runs $1,722, close to the Charleston average. Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $91,833.
One tract means one number: 3.3/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Harleston Place vs CharlestonHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority22%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport30%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Harleston Place
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
216Total filings (sum)
9.54%Avg annual filing rate
24.2%Peak year (2014)
2.83%Latest filed (2015)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
233Total filings 2020-21
3.0Avg monthly observed
12.1Pre-pandemic baseline
0.25×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Charleston, SC).
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Harleston Place
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
7.4%Housing insecurity
5.2%Utility shutoff threat
9.6%Food insecurity
5.6%SNAP enrollment
7.6%No health insurance
25.7%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Harleston Place
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Harleston Place?
Harleston Place scores 3.3/10 (Lower tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Harleston Place compare to Charleston overall?
Harleston Place scores 0.2 points lower than Charleston overall (3.5/10). Renters spend 33% of income on rent vs 33% citywide. Average rent: $1,722 vs $1,722.
Q3
What is the average rent in Harleston Place?
Average gross rent in Harleston Place is $1,722/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Harleston Place residents are renters?
20% of Harleston Place households are renter-occupied (vs 44% in Charleston). The neighborhood has 1,912 residents.
Q5
Is Harleston Place a high social-vulnerability area?
Harleston Place sits in the 29th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Harleston Place for landlords?
Harleston Place carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.3/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Charleston as a whole (3.5/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Harleston Place?
Harleston Place has 2,233 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (70.9%), Black (non-Hispanic) (21.5%), Hispanic / Latino (6.7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
