Neighborhood · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally

Cotton Hill Eviction Risk: Lower , Summerville

Tract 45035010506 · Dorchester County, SC · pop 2,278 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Tract 45035010506 sits in the Cotton Hill area of Summerville eviction risk, SC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.7/10. Population here is 2,278. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.8/10.

Risk score

3.7

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 0% Stable renters 5% Owners 95%

Tract context

Occupied units778

Renter share5.0%

SVI overall0.45

Poverty rate15.5%

Median income$73,232

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Summerville and the region

Centroid at 33.0029, -80.2430 · click any tract to drill in

Why Cotton Hill scores 3.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Summerville

2.0

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

4.5

State political climate

South Carolina legislature & governorship

2.1

Economic stress

15.5% poverty · this tract

3.9

Supply constraint

$1,917 rent vs county FMR

5.5

Rent control risk

Inherited from Summerville

1.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Summerville

1.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Summerville

2.0

How Cotton Hill compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 45

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

86%Socioeconomic
17%Household composition
28%Racial/ethnic minority
18%Housing & transportation

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.

13.0%Housing insecurity
8.6%Utility-shutoff threat
15.4%Food insecurity
8.8%SNAP enrollment
8.2%Transit barriers
10.8%No health insurance
17.1%Frequent mental distress
27.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Cotton Hill

Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 1.5/10. Average gross rent is $1,917, 26% above the Summerville average.

On the national scale it lands near the 35th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 5% 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 5.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Dorchester County average of 3.5 closely. Annual rent works out to 31% of average household income of $73,232.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 45035010506

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45035010506?

Census tract 45035010506 in the Cotton Hill neighborhood scores 3.7/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 45035010506?

Median gross rent is $1,917/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 0% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 45035010506?

15.5% of residents in tract 45035010506 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,278.

How socially vulnerable is tract 45035010506?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 45th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 17th, minority 28th, housing 18th.

Is tract 45035010506 considered part of Cotton Hill?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45035010506 fall within Cotton Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 45035010506 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.0% 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. 8.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 45035010506 compare to Summerville overall?

Tract 45035010506 scores 3.7/10, higher than the parent city of Summerville at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Summerville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Summerville

Top eight tracts in Summerville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.