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Census Tract · Ranked #42,763 of 84,120 nationally

Charleston Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 45015020405 · Berkeley County, SC · pop 2,957 · 16% of tract blocks fall in Charleston

Census tract 45015020405 covers Charleston, home to 2,957 residents. For landlords it grades 4.6/10, a moderate reading. On the national scale it ranks #63,192 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

About 20% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $56,028 a year. About 5% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1% Stable renters 4% Owners 95%
Tract context
Occupied units1,299
Renter share5.4%
SVI overall0.64
Poverty rate12.3%
Median income$56,028

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
82 th percentile
Rank, 82nd percentileLowHigh
#9 of 45 tracts In Charleston
High
Within county
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 48 tracts In Berkeley County
High
Within state
49 th percentile
Rank, 49th percentileLowHigh
#674 of 1,317 tracts In South Carolina
Moderate
National
49 th percentile
Rank, 49th percentileLowHigh
#42,763 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Charleston and the region

Centroid at 33.0128, -79.8275 · click any tract to drill in

Why Charleston scores 3.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Charleston
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
12.3% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
tract 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 Charleston compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Charleston risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.93.9This tracttract 020405Charleston: 2.62.6Charlestonparent cityCounty: 2.92.9Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.04.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 64

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)

  • 90Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 9.99%Avg annual filing rate
  • 11.2%Peak (2010)
  • 19Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2014
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 450150204052010: 21 filings (11.17/100 renter HHs)2011: 14 filings (7.87/100 renter HHs)2012: 15 filings (8.43/100 renter HHs)2013: 21 filings (11.80/100 renter HHs)2014: 19 filings (10.67/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

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 Charleston

The heaviest input here is supply constraint at $1/10. 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 below the Berkeley County average of 5.5 and below the South Carolina statewide average of 5.5. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 64th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

In CDC survey modeling, about 15.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 45015020405

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45015020405?

Census tract 45015020405 in Charleston scores 3.9/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 45015020405?

12.3% of residents in tract 45015020405 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,957.
Q3

How socially vulnerable is tract 45015020405?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 64th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 73th, minority 81th, housing 42th.
Q4

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45015020405?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 90 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45015020405 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.99% of renter households, peaking at 11.2% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q5

What share of households in tract 45015020405 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.6% 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. 10.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 45015020405 compare to Charleston overall?

Tract 45015020405 scores 3.9/10, 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Charleston

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

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