3 census tracts · pop 10,512 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10
· range 3–3
Longborough takes in 3 census tracts of Charleston, SC and houses 10,512 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 3/10, Lower tier. 51% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, clearly above the Charleston rate of 32.7%.
Pulling the other way is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10. Running cool is economic stress, at 1.6/10. The severe-burden share is 13%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
Filings are well documented here: 269 across 2 observed tracts. SNAP participation is 4.3% of households versus 15.2% nationally.
Food insecurity affects 8.6% of adults, 9.2 points below the national rate. The worst year on record was 2013, when filings touched 29.5% of renter households.
Well under the midpoint is eviction-process difficulty, at 3/10. The most recent observed rate, 7.0% in 2015, is well off that peak. Among the 23 mapped neighborhoods of Charleston, it ranks #17 by risk, the lower third.
Poverty sits at 7%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Its 3 tracts score within 0 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses.
Average gross rent runs $1,761, close to the Charleston average.
With little internal variation, 3/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
3
Lower
3 tracts · population-weighted
Longborough vs CharlestonHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority40%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport28%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Longborough
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
269Total filings (sum)
10.09%Avg annual filing rate
29.5%Peak year (2013)
5.42%Latest filed (2015)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
213Total filings 2020-21
1.0Avg monthly observed
2.4Pre-pandemic baseline
0.52×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 Longborough
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
7.5%Housing insecurity
4.8%Utility shutoff threat
8.4%Food insecurity
4.0%SNAP enrollment
7.5%No health insurance
21.6%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Longborough
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Longborough?
Longborough scores 3/10 (Lower tier) across 3 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 Longborough compare to Charleston overall?
Longborough scores 0.5 points lower than Charleston overall (3.5/10). Renters spend 51% of income on rent vs 33% citywide. Average rent: $1,761 vs $1,722.
Q3
What is the average rent in Longborough?
Average gross rent in Longborough is $1,761/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Longborough residents are renters?
29% of Longborough households are renter-occupied (vs 44% in Charleston). The neighborhood has 10,512 residents.
Q5
Is Longborough a high social-vulnerability area?
Longborough sits in the 10th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Longborough have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Longborough is census tract 45019005900 (score 3/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 3, a spread of 0 points.
Q7
How safe is Longborough for landlords?
Longborough carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3/10). Pop-weighted across 3 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 lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Longborough?
Longborough has 10,114 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (72%), Black (non-Hispanic) (19.8%), Hispanic / Latino (5.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
