Within parent city
53
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #76,223 of 84,120 nationally
Mount Pleasant Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 45019004616 · Charleston County, SC · pop 8,375 · 88% of tract blocks fall in Mount Pleasant
How risky is Mount Pleasant for landlords? Census tract 45019004616 scores 4.9/10, the Moderate tier. On the national scale it ranks #55,414 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 57% of renter households, a severe level, and 48% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,010 monthly, set against $99,316 in average yearly household income, roughly 24% of income at the averages. About 10% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units3,406
Renter share9.7%
SVI overall0.15
Poverty rate2.5%
Median income$99,316
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
16
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
5
th percentile
Very Low
National
9
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mount Pleasant and the region
Centroid at 32.9129, -79.8043 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mount Pleasant scores 1.8
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
2.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,010 rent vs county FMR
6.0
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: 15
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 5%Socioeconomic
- 67%Household composition
- 23%Racial/ethnic minority
- 20%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 56Total filings 2020-21
- 0.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.40×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
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.
- 4.8%Housing insecurity
- 3.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.2%Food insecurity
- 2.3%SNAP enrollment
- 3.4%Transit barriers
- 5.1%No health insurance
- 11.1%Frequent mental distress
- 20.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mount Pleasant
What moves this score most 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 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 15th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.40x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 45019004616
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45019004616?
Census tract 45019004616 in Mount Pleasant scores 1.8/10 (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 45019004616?
Median gross rent is $2,010/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45019004616?
2.5% of residents in tract 45019004616 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 8,375.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45019004616?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 15th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 67th, minority 23th, housing 20th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 45019004616 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.40× 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.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45019004616 struggle to pay rent?
About 4.8% 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. 3.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 45019004616 compare to Mount Pleasant overall?
Tract 45019004616 scores 1.8/10, lower than 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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Myrtle Acres
2.4
/ 10 · Low
Tract · SC
Bayview 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
45019004609
2
/ 10 · Low
Tract · SC
45019004614
1.7
/ 10 · Very Low
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