Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #42,813 of 84,120 nationally
West Ashley Eviction Risk: Moderate , Charleston
Tract 45019002605 · Charleston County, SC · pop 3,489 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
45019002605 is a census tract in the West Ashley area of Charleston, SC. It scores 4.4/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,489 residents. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.7/10.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units1,628
Renter share36.4%
SVI overall0.68
Poverty rate14.5%
Median income$62,656
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
82
th percentile
High
Within county
74
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
67
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Charleston and the region
Centroid at 32.8034, -79.9928 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Ashley scores 4.4
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
14.5% poverty · this tract
3.6
Supply constraint
$1,146 rent vs county FMR
1.3
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 West Ashley compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 68
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 62%Socioeconomic
- 28%Household composition
- 62%Racial/ethnic minority
- 87%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)
- 717Total filings over 4 yrs
- 23.71%Avg annual filing rate
- 26.1%Peak (2013)
- 131Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 32% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 678Total filings 2020-21
- 8.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 12.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.69×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 West Ashley. 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.
- 12.9%Housing insecurity
- 9.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.8%Food insecurity
- 10.7%SNAP enrollment
- 8.6%Transit barriers
- 11.7%No health insurance
- 14.8%Frequent mental distress
- 29.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West Ashley
The severe-burden share is 31%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.
Average gross rent is $1,146, 33% below the Charleston average. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.3/10.
The filing record is not thin: 717 evictions over 4 years of observation. It sits 0.7 points above the Charleston County average of 3.7.
The worst year on record was 2013, when 26.1% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 23.7% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 49th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.1/10. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. 47% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.
Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $62,656. 36% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 45019002605
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45019002605?
Census tract 45019002605 in the West Ashley neighborhood scores 4.4/10 (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 45019002605?
Median gross rent is $1,146/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45019002605?
14.5% of residents in tract 45019002605 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,489.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45019002605?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 68th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 62th, household 28th, minority 62th, housing 87th.
Q5
Is tract 45019002605 considered part of West Ashley?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45019002605 fall within West Ashley (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45019002605?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 717 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 45019002605 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 23.71% of renter households, peaking at 26.1% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 45019002605 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.69× 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 45019002605 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.9% 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. 9.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 45019002605 compare to Charleston overall?
Tract 45019002605 scores 4.4/10, higher 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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