Within parent city
60
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #73,892 of 84,120 nationally
Mount Pleasant Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 45019004609 · Charleston County, SC · pop 9,147 · 59% of tract blocks fall in Mount Pleasant
How risky is Mount Pleasant in Charleston County for landlords? Census tract 45019004609 scores $1/10, the Moderate tier. On the national scale it ranks #52,438 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 66% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 33% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,172 a month while the average household earns $98,924 a year, roughly 26% of income at the averages. Renters make up 31% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units3,757
Renter share31.3%
SVI overall0.42
Poverty rate6.5%
Median income$98,924
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
18
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
8
th percentile
Very Low
National
12
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mount Pleasant and the region
Centroid at 32.8538, -79.7305 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mount Pleasant scores 2
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
6.5% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$2,172 rent vs county FMR
6.9
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 Mount Pleasant compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 42
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 41%Socioeconomic
- 44%Household composition
- 35%Racial/ethnic minority
- 48%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)
- 77Total filings over 4 yrs
- 5.00%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.0%Peak (2014)
- 22Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 22% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 109Total filings 2020-21
- 1.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.08×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Charleston, SC as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
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.
- 8.1%Housing insecurity
- 5.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.6%Food insecurity
- 5.1%SNAP enrollment
- 5.2%Transit barriers
- 7.7%No health insurance
- 13.1%Frequent mental distress
- 24.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mount Pleasant
What moves this score most is supply constraint at 6.9/10. 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 about the same as 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 77 eviction filings here over 4 tracked years, with about 5.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 6.0% of renter households in 2014.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 42nd 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 45019004609
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45019004609?
Census tract 45019004609 in Mount Pleasant scores 2/10 (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 45019004609?
Median gross rent is $2,172/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45019004609?
6.5% of residents in tract 45019004609 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 9,147.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45019004609?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 42th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 41th, household 44th, minority 35th, housing 48th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45019004609?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 77 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 45019004609 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.00% of renter households, peaking at 6.0% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 45019004609 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.08× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Charleston eviction risk, SC), 2020-2021.
Q7
What share of households in tract 45019004609 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.1% 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. 5.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 45019004609 compare to Mount Pleasant overall?
Tract 45019004609 scores 2/10, 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.
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Bayview Acres
2.4
/ 10 · Low
Tract · SC
Myrtle Acres
2.4
/ 10 · Low
Tract · SC
45019004612
2.3
/ 10 · Low
Tract · SC
45019004619
2.3
/ 10 · Low
Tract · SC
Creekside Park
2.2
/ 10 · Low
Tract · SC
Creekside Park
2.1
/ 10 · Low
Tract · SC
45019004616
1.8
/ 10 · Very Low
Tract · SC
45019004614
1.7
/ 10 · Very Low
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