Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Longborough Eviction Risk: Lower , Charleston
Tract 45019001500 · Charleston County, SC · pop 1,450 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Census tract 45019001500 covers part of the Longborough area of Charleston, SC, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,450 residents. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.7/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units675
Renter share41.2%
SVI overall0.10
Poverty rate7.2%
Median income$97,404
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
11
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
27
th percentile
Low
Within state
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Charleston and the region
Centroid at 32.8071, -79.9523 · click any tract to drill in
Why Longborough scores 3
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
7.2% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,750 rent vs county FMR
4.6
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 Longborough compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 10
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 25%Socioeconomic
- 1%Household composition
- 58%Racial/ethnic minority
- 33%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)
- 249Total filings over 4 yrs
- 21.32%Avg annual filing rate
- 29.5%Peak (2013)
- 39Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 45% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 118Total filings 2020-21
- 1.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.43×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 Longborough. 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.
- 10.0%Housing insecurity
- 6.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.4%Food insecurity
- 6.2%SNAP enrollment
- 6.4%Transit barriers
- 8.5%No health insurance
- 14.5%Frequent mental distress
- 21.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Longborough
58% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Charleston County average of 45.9%. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.
Severe burden reaches 18%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.8/10. SNAP participation runs 6.2% against 15.2% nationally.
Court records carry 249 eviction filings across 4 observed years. Against the Charleston County average of 3.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.7 points. The worst year on record was 2013, when 29.5% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 21.3% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.9/10. Statewide the SC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 1.0 points cooler. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 45019001500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45019001500?
Census tract 45019001500 in the Longborough neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 45019001500?
Median gross rent is $1,750/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45019001500?
7.2% of residents in tract 45019001500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,450.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45019001500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 1th, minority 58th, housing 33th.
Q5
Is tract 45019001500 considered part of Longborough?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45019001500 fall within Longborough (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45019001500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 249 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 45019001500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 21.32% of renter households, peaking at 29.5% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 45019001500 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.43× 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 45019001500 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.0% 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. 6.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 45019001500 compare to Charleston overall?
Tract 45019001500 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Charleston at 3.5/10. 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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