Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #53,267 of 84,120 nationally
Ashley Junction Eviction Risk: Lower , North Charleston
Tract 45019003600 · Charleston County, SC · pop 3,052 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
Eviction risk in the Ashley Junction area of North Charleston centers on tract 45019003600, which scores $1/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 3,052 residents. That is riskier than roughly 38% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 42% of renter households, a severe level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,414 monthly, set against $88,125 in average yearly household income, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 53% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 31%
Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units1,638
Renter share52.9%
SVI overall0.33
Poverty rate10.1%
Median income$88,125
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
20
th percentile
Low
Within county
54
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
34
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across North Charleston and the region
Centroid at 32.8779, -79.9843 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ashley Junction scores 3.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from North Charleston
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
10.1% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,414 rent vs county FMR
2.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from North Charleston
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from North Charleston
3.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from North Charleston
3.0
How Ashley Junction compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 33
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 47%Socioeconomic
- 2%Household composition
- 48%Racial/ethnic minority
- 71%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)
- 678Total filings over 4 yrs
- 30.71%Avg annual filing rate
- 40.2%Peak (2014)
- 165Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 17% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 321Total filings 2020-21
- 4.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 12.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.33×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.
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.
- 11.2%Housing insecurity
- 7.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.0%Food insecurity
- 7.4%SNAP enrollment
- 7.3%Transit barriers
- 10.3%No health insurance
- 16.1%Frequent mental distress
- 23.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ashley Junction
The score leans hardest on housing court bias at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from North Charleston 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.33x 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 45019003600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45019003600?
Census tract 45019003600 in the Ashley Junction neighborhood scores 3.3/10 (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 45019003600?
Median gross rent is $1,414/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45019003600?
10.1% of residents in tract 45019003600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,052.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45019003600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 33th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 47th, household 2th, minority 48th, housing 71th.
Q5
Is tract 45019003600 considered part of Ashley Junction?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45019003600 fall within Ashley Junction (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45019003600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 678 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 45019003600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 30.71% of renter households, peaking at 40.2% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 45019003600 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.33× 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.
Q8
What share of households in tract 45019003600 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.2% 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. 7.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 45019003600 compare to North Charleston overall?
Tract 45019003600 scores 3.3/10, higher than the parent city of North Charleston at 2.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from North Charleston eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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