King Street Design District Eviction Risk: Moderate
1 census tracts · pop 2,979 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.9/10
· range 4.9–4.9
King Street Design District is a one-tract neighborhood of Charleston, SC and houses 2,979 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 4.9/10, in the Moderate tier. The severe-burden share is 50%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
Set annual rent against average household income of $50,240 and the ratio lands at 54%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Cost burden runs around two-thirds against 32.7% citywide, putting King Street Design District 37.2% over its own city.
What pushes the score up most is economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 42%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. 92% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building two streets over.
On the softer side is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10. At $2,258 a month, rents sit 31% over what the rest of Charleston commands. The voucher gap is 24.1%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears.
Court records for this tract carry 146 eviction filings. Running hot is supply constraint at 7.4/10. Filing activity peaked in 2014 at 6.2% of renter households.
Recent filings have not receded much: 5.3% in 2015 against a 6.2% peak. Among the 23 mapped neighborhoods of Charleston, it ranks #1 by risk, the upper third.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 4.9/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
King Street Design District vs CharlestonHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority39%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport69%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in King Street Design District
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
146Total filings (sum)
5.13%Avg annual filing rate
6.2%Peak year (2014)
5.34%Latest filed (2015)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
91Total filings 2020-21
1.2Avg monthly observed
3.3Pre-pandemic baseline
0.36×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 King Street Design District
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
12.6%Housing insecurity
8.8%Utility shutoff threat
19.1%Food insecurity
11.5%SNAP enrollment
11.2%No health insurance
30.5%Any disability
Frequently asked
About King Street Design District
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for King Street Design District?
King Street Design District scores 4.9/10 (Moderate 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 King Street Design District compare to Charleston overall?
King Street Design District scores 1.4 points higher than Charleston overall (3.5/10). Renters spend 70% of income on rent vs 33% citywide. Average rent: $2,258 vs $1,722.
Q3
What is the average rent in King Street Design District?
Average gross rent in King Street Design District is $2,258/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 70% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of King Street Design District residents are renters?
92% of King Street Design District households are renter-occupied (vs 44% in Charleston). The neighborhood has 2,979 residents.
Q5
Is King Street Design District a high social-vulnerability area?
King Street Design District sits in the 35th 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 King Street Design District for landlords?
King Street Design District carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.9/10). 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 higher-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of King Street Design District?
King Street Design District has 2,947 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (75.3%), Black (non-Hispanic) (14.5%), Hispanic / Latino (4.2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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