Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,889 of 84,120 nationally
Myers Eviction Risk: Moderate , Charleston
Tract 45019005400 · Charleston County, SC · pop 2,482 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
In the Myers area of Charleston, census tract 45019005400 scores 5.7/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 63% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
44% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,249 monthly, set against $39,481 in average yearly household income, roughly 38% of income at the averages. About 77% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 34%
Stable renters 43%
Owners 23%
Tract context
Occupied units1,072
Renter share76.7%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate29.0%
Median income$39,481
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
98
th percentile
Very High
Within county
94
th percentile
Very High
Within state
83
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Charleston and the region
Centroid at 32.8201, -79.9430 · click any tract to drill in
Why Myers scores 5.3
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
29.0% poverty · this tract
7.2
Supply constraint
$1,249 rent vs county FMR
1.9
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 Myers compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 80
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 70%Socioeconomic
- 32%Household composition
- 84%Racial/ethnic minority
- 94%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)
- 556Total filings over 4 yrs
- 27.36%Avg annual filing rate
- 32.7%Peak (2014)
- 126Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 16% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 539Total filings 2020-21
- 7.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 10.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.70×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Charleston, SC as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
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.
- 23.2%Housing insecurity
- 17.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 30.8%Food insecurity
- 23.5%SNAP enrollment
- 15.6%Transit barriers
- 14.3%No health insurance
- 19.5%Frequent mental distress
- 33.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Myers
What moves this score most is economic stress at 7.2/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Charleston eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Charleston County average of 5.2 and in line with the South Carolina statewide average of 5.5. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 23.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 17.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.70x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 45019005400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45019005400?
Census tract 45019005400 in the Myers neighborhood scores 5.3/10 (Moderate 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 45019005400?
Median gross rent is $1,249/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45019005400?
29.0% of residents in tract 45019005400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,482.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45019005400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 70th, household 32th, minority 84th, housing 94th.
Q5
Is tract 45019005400 considered part of Myers?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45019005400 fall within Myers (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45019005400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 556 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 45019005400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 27.36% of renter households, peaking at 32.7% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 45019005400 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.70× 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 45019005400 struggle to pay rent?
About 23.2% 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. 17.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 45019005400 compare to Charleston overall?
Tract 45019005400 scores 5.3/10, higher than the parent city of Charleston at 2.6/10. 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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