1 census tracts · pop 5,515 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10
· range 3–3
Bayview Acres is a one-tract neighborhood of Mount Pleasant, SC and houses 5,515 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 3/10, in the Lower tier. Cost burden runs 49% against 33.3% citywide, putting Bayview Acres 15.2% over its own city.
The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10. Well under the midpoint is tenant-organizing strength, at 1.5/10.
The severe-burden share is 19%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. On the softer side is eviction-process difficulty, at 2/10. The filing record is not thin: 469 evictions logged in this tract.
At $1,818 a month, rents sit 16% under what the rest of Mount Pleasant commands. CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 7.0% of adults, against 14.2% nationally.
Food insecurity affects 8.4% of adults, 9.4 points below the national rate. The worst year on record was 2014, when filings touched 10.0% of renter households.
The most recent observed rate, 5.5% in 2015, is well off that peak. Among the 6 mapped neighborhoods of Mount Pleasant, it ranks #1 by risk, the upper third.
One tract means one number: 3/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
3
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Bayview Acres vs Mount PleasantHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority13%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport57%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Bayview Acres
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
469Total filings (sum)
6.96%Avg annual filing rate
10.0%Peak year (2014)
5.46%Latest filed (2015)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
561Total filings 2020-21
7.3Avg monthly observed
10.3Pre-pandemic baseline
0.70×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Charleston, SC).
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Bayview Acres
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
7.0%Housing insecurity
4.7%Utility shutoff threat
8.4%Food insecurity
4.4%SNAP enrollment
7.9%No health insurance
24.5%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Bayview Acres
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Bayview Acres?
Bayview Acres scores 3/10 (Lower tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Bayview Acres compare to Mount Pleasant overall?
Bayview Acres scores 0.2 points lower than Mount Pleasant overall (3.2/10). Renters spend 49% of income on rent vs 33% citywide. Average rent: $1,818 vs $2,159.
Q3
What is the average rent in Bayview Acres?
Average gross rent in Bayview Acres is $1,818/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Bayview Acres residents are renters?
60% of Bayview Acres households are renter-occupied (vs 26% in Mount Pleasant). The neighborhood has 5,515 residents.
Q5
Is Bayview Acres a high social-vulnerability area?
Bayview Acres sits in the 30th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Bayview Acres for landlords?
Bayview Acres carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Mount Pleasant as a whole (3.2/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Bayview Acres?
Bayview Acres has 5,594 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (86.4%), Black (non-Hispanic) (8.4%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
