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Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Waterway Arms Eviction Risk: Lower , Mount Pleasant

Tract 45019004701 · Charleston County, SC · pop 6,617 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

Tract 45019004701 sits in the Waterway Arms area of Mount Pleasant eviction risk, SC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. It is home to 6,617 residents. The severe-burden share is 33%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10% Stable renters 11% Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units3,050
Renter share21.0%
SVI overall0.02
Poverty rate4.4%
Median income$114,502

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Waterway Arms
Moderate
Within parent city
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 16 tracts In Mount Pleasant
High
Within county
40 th percentile
Rank, 40th percentileLowHigh
#59 of 98 tracts In Charleston County
Moderate
Within state
29 th percentile
Rank, 29th percentileLowHigh
#932 of 1,317 tracts In South Carolina
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Mount Pleasant and the region

Centroid at 32.7802, -79.8675 · click any tract to drill in

Why Waterway Arms scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
4.4% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$2,006 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 Waterway Arms compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Waterway Arms risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 0047013.2Mount Pleasantparent city3.7Countyavg tract in county4.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 2

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 142Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 5.85%Avg annual filing rate
  • 8.1%Peak (2014)
  • 22Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2012 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 45019004701
Filings dropped 48% over the past 4 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 217Total filings 2020-21
  • 2.8Avg monthly (observed)
  • 3.8Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.74×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Charleston, SC as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Waterway Arms

What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.7/10. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.1/10.

SNAP participation runs 2.7% against 15.2% nationally. Disability prevalence runs 19.3% against 31.5% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 142 evictions over 4 years of observation.

Against the Charleston County average of 3.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.7 points. Filings peaked in 2014 at 8.1% of renter households. In a typical year about 5.8% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 21% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 1.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the SC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 1.0 points cooler. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 45019004701

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45019004701?

Census tract 45019004701 in the Waterway Arms neighborhood 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 45019004701?

Median gross rent is $2,006/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 45019004701?

4.4% of residents in tract 45019004701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,617.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 45019004701?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 2th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 13th, household 5th, minority 18th, housing 6th.
Q5

Is tract 45019004701 considered part of Waterway Arms?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45019004701 fall within Waterway Arms (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45019004701?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 142 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 45019004701 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.85% of renter households, peaking at 8.1% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 45019004701 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.74× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Charleston eviction risk, SC), 2020-2021.
Q8

What share of households in tract 45019004701 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. 3.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9

How does tract 45019004701 compare to Mount Pleasant overall?

Tract 45019004701 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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