King Street Fashion District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Charleston

roughly two in three of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Charleston County average of 45.9%. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.7/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, economic stress reads 9.7/10.

The poverty rate is 39%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Average gross rent is $1,128, 34% below the Charleston average.

Set annual rent against average income of $36,750 and the ratio lands at 37%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. 78% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.

Against the Charleston County average of 3.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 235 filings here across 4 tracked years.

The worst year on record was 2014, when 16.3% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 7.5% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 59th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.