Within parent city
7
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Mount Pleasant Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 45019004617 · Charleston County, SC · pop 9,219 · 65% of tract blocks fall in Mount Pleasant
With a score of 3/10, tract 45019004617 in Mount Pleasant, SC reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 9,219 residents. Cost burden runs 30% here against 45.9% across Charleston County.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units3,614
Renter share10.1%
SVI overall0.07
Poverty rate4.6%
Median income$173,750
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
7
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
29
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mount Pleasant and the region
Centroid at 32.9036, -79.7518 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mount Pleasant scores 3
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
4.6% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,962 rent vs county FMR
5.8
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 Mount Pleasant compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 7
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 5%Socioeconomic
- 19%Household composition
- 15%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)
- 83Total filings 2020-21
- 1.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.68×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above 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.
- 5.3%Housing insecurity
- 3.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.4%Food insecurity
- 2.5%SNAP enrollment
- 3.6%Transit barriers
- 5.0%No health insurance
- 11.9%Frequent mental distress
- 18.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mount Pleasant
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.7/10. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.2/10.
SNAP participation runs 2.5% against 15.2% nationally. The severe-burden share is 13%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Against the Charleston County average of 3.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.7 points.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.7% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. At $1,962 a month, rents run 9% under what the rest of Mount Pleasant commands.
Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 10% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.6/10. Rent consumes only 14% of average household income of $173,750, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
Statewide the SC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 1.0 points cooler.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 45019004617
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45019004617?
Census tract 45019004617 in Mount Pleasant scores 3/10 (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 45019004617?
Median gross rent is $1,962/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45019004617?
4.6% of residents in tract 45019004617 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 9,219.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45019004617?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 7th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 19th, minority 15th, housing 20th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 45019004617 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.68× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Charleston eviction risk, SC), 2020-2021.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45019004617 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.3% 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. 3.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 45019004617 compare to Mount Pleasant overall?
Tract 45019004617 scores 3/10, right in line with the parent city of Mount Pleasant at 3.2/10. 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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