1 census tracts · pop 6,617 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10
· range 3–3
Waterway Arms maps to a single census tract in Mount Pleasant, SC and houses 6,617 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 3/10, in the Lower tier. Cost burden runs 49% against 33.3% citywide, putting Waterway Arms 15.8% over its own city.
33% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10.
Well under the midpoint is economic stress, at 1.1/10. Running cool is tenant-organizing strength, at 1.5/10.
SNAP participation is 2.7% of households versus 15.2% nationally. CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 5.3% of adults, against 14.2% nationally.
The filing record is not thin: 142 evictions logged in this tract. Filing activity peaked in 2014 at 8.1% of renter households.
The voucher gap is 10.2%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. The most recent observed rate, 3.6% in 2015, is well off that peak. At $2,006 a month, rents sit 7% under what the rest of Mount Pleasant commands.
Among the 6 mapped neighborhoods of Mount Pleasant, it ranks #1 by risk, the upper third. At 21% renter-occupied, this is predominantly owner territory, and rental comps have to be drawn from further out.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 3/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
3
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Waterway Arms vs Mount PleasantHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority18%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport6%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Waterway Arms
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
142Total filings (sum)
5.85%Avg annual filing rate
8.1%Peak year (2014)
3.62%Latest filed (2015)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
217Total filings 2020-21
2.8Avg monthly observed
3.8Pre-pandemic baseline
0.74×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 Waterway Arms
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
5.3%Housing insecurity
3.6%Utility shutoff threat
5.6%Food insecurity
2.7%SNAP enrollment
5.5%No health insurance
19.3%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Waterway Arms
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Waterway Arms?
Waterway Arms 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 Waterway Arms compare to Mount Pleasant overall?
Waterway Arms scores 0.2 points lower than Mount Pleasant overall (3.2/10). Renters spend 49% of income on rent vs 33% citywide. Average rent: $2,006 vs $2,159.
Q3
What is the average rent in Waterway Arms?
Average gross rent in Waterway Arms is $2,006/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Waterway Arms residents are renters?
21% of Waterway Arms households are renter-occupied (vs 26% in Mount Pleasant). The neighborhood has 6,617 residents.
Q5
Is Waterway Arms a high social-vulnerability area?
Waterway Arms sits in the 2nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Waterway Arms for landlords?
Waterway Arms 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 Waterway Arms?
Waterway Arms has 6,571 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (94.8%), Black (non-Hispanic) (3.1%), Other / Multiracial (1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
