The Gathering at Morris Square Eviction Risk: Moderate , Charleston

Cost burden runs 65% here against 45.9% across Charleston County. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 9.7/10.

The poverty rate is 41%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Set annual rent against average income of $67,938 and the ratio lands at 38%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.

This is renter territory: 70% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Average gross rent is $2,150, 25% above the Charleston average.

Against the Charleston County average of 3.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points. The voucher gap is 18.1%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.

The filing record is not thin: 257 evictions over 4 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2014 at 14.1% of renter households.

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