Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #72,539 of 84,120 nationally
Creekside Park Eviction Risk: Lower , Mount Pleasant
Tract 45019004702 · Charleston County, SC · pop 1,896 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
In the Creekside Park area of Mount Pleasant, census tract 45019004702 scores 4.3/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 17% of US census tracts.
About 33% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,242 a month against an average household income of $107,292 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. Renters make up 35% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units939
Renter share35.0%
SVI overall0.20
Poverty rate8.5%
Median income$107,292
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
22
th percentile
Low
Within state
9
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mount Pleasant and the region
Centroid at 32.8007, -79.8636 · click any tract to drill in
Why Creekside Park scores 2.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Mount Pleasant
2.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
8.5% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,242 rent vs county FMR
1.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Mount Pleasant
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Mount Pleasant
1.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Mount Pleasant
2.0
How Creekside Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 20
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 25%Socioeconomic
- 10%Household composition
- 18%Racial/ethnic minority
- 44%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)
- 84Total filings over 4 yrs
- 5.18%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.2%Peak (2012)
- 20Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 20% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 64Total filings 2020-21
- 0.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.60×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 Creekside Park. 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.
- 7.2%Housing insecurity
- 4.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.6%Food insecurity
- 3.7%SNAP enrollment
- 4.7%Transit barriers
- 7.4%No health insurance
- 13.7%Frequent mental distress
- 21.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Creekside Park
What moves this score most is economic stress at 2.1/10. 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 Mount Pleasant eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Charleston County average of 5.2 and below the South Carolina statewide average of 5.5. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.60x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 84 eviction filings here over 4 tracked years, with about 5.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 6.2% of renter households in 2012.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 45019004702
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45019004702?
Census tract 45019004702 in the Creekside Park neighborhood scores 2.1/10 (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 average rent in tract 45019004702?
Median gross rent is $1,242/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45019004702?
8.5% of residents in tract 45019004702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,896.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45019004702?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 20th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 10th, minority 18th, housing 44th.
Q5
Is tract 45019004702 considered part of Creekside Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45019004702 fall within Creekside Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45019004702?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 84 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 45019004702 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.18% of renter households, peaking at 6.2% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 45019004702 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.60× 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 45019004702 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.2% 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. 4.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 45019004702 compare to Mount Pleasant overall?
Tract 45019004702 scores 2.1/10, right in line with the parent city of Mount Pleasant at 2.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Mount Pleasant eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Mount Pleasant
Top eight tracts in Mount Pleasant ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · SC
Myrtle Acres
2.4
/ 10 · Low
Tract · SC
Bayview Acres
2.4
/ 10 · Low
Tract · SC
45019004619
2.3
/ 10 · Low
Tract · SC
45019004612
2.3
/ 10 · Low
Tract · SC
Creekside Park
2.2
/ 10 · Low
Tract · SC
45019004609
2
/ 10 · Low
Tract · SC
45019004616
1.8
/ 10 · Very Low
Tract · SC
45019004614
1.7
/ 10 · Very Low
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