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Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Longborough Eviction Risk: Lower , Charleston

Tract 45019002606 · Charleston County, SC · pop 2,429 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

Census tract 45019002606 covers part of the Longborough area of Charleston, SC, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,429. Against Charleston County at 45.9%, 7% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1% Stable renters 7% Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units930
Renter share7.6%
SVI overall0.02
Poverty rate6.3%
Median income$112,010

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Longborough
Moderate
Within parent city
2 th percentile
Rank, 2nd percentileLowHigh
#44 of 45 tracts In Charleston
Very Low
Within county
16 th percentile
Rank, 16th percentileLowHigh
#83 of 98 tracts In Charleston County
Very Low
Within state
29 th percentile
Rank, 29th percentileLowHigh
#932 of 1,317 tracts In South Carolina
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Charleston and the region

Centroid at 32.8194, -79.9780 · click any tract to drill in

Why Longborough scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
6.3% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,827 rent vs county FMR
5.0
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.
Longborough risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 0026063.5Charlestonparent city3.7Countyavg tract in county4.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 2

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 20Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 3.38%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.4%Peak (2013)
  • 1Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2012 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 45019002606
Filings dropped 80% over the past 4 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 7Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.1Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.1Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.93×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran below baseline. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Longborough

The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.7/10. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.

Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.6/10. SNAP participation runs 2.8% against 15.2% nationally.

Food insecurity runs 5.7% against 17.8% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 20 evictions over 4 years of observation.

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 5.4% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 3.4% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 8% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 1.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the SC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 1.0 points cooler.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 45019002606

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45019002606?

Census tract 45019002606 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 45019002606?

Median gross rent is $1,827/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 7% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 45019002606?

6.3% of residents in tract 45019002606 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,429.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 45019002606?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 2th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 3th, household 7th, minority 14th, housing 13th.
Q5

Is tract 45019002606 considered part of Longborough?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45019002606 fall within Longborough (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45019002606?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 20 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 45019002606 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.38% of renter households, peaking at 5.4% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 45019002606 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.93× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Charleston eviction risk, SC), 2020-2021.
Q8

What share of households in tract 45019002606 struggle to pay rent?

About 5.1% 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. 3.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9

How does tract 45019002606 compare to Charleston overall?

Tract 45019002606 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Charleston

Top eight tracts in Charleston ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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