Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally
Ferndale Eviction Risk: Moderate , North Charleston
Tract 45019003300 · Charleston County, SC · pop 3,458 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
With a score of 4.8/10, tract 45019003300 in the Ferndale area of North Charleston, SC reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.7/10.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 38%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 38%
Tract context
Occupied units1,518
Renter share62.5%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate25.4%
Median income$41,360
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
63
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
79
th percentile
High
Within state
79
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across North Charleston and the region
Centroid at 32.8844, -80.0073 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ferndale scores 4.8
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
25.4% poverty · this tract
6.3
Supply constraint
$1,154 rent vs county FMR
1.3
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 Ferndale compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 99
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 96%Socioeconomic
- 74%Household composition
- 89%Racial/ethnic minority
- 99%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)
- 1,737Total filings over 4 yrs
- 45.33%Avg annual filing rate
- 47.8%Peak (2012)
- 431Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 1,166Total filings 2020-21
- 15.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 30.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.50×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.
- 23.7%Housing insecurity
- 16.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 31.2%Food insecurity
- 21.9%SNAP enrollment
- 14.8%Transit barriers
- 18.4%No health insurance
- 17.7%Frequent mental distress
- 35.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ferndale
Against Charleston County at 45.9%, 62% of renters here are cost-burdened. The severe-burden share is 29%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Annualized rent equals 33% of average household income of $41,360, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.
On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.3/10. Food insecurity runs 31.2% against 17.8% nationally. The poverty rate is 25%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Average gross rent is $1,154, 19% below the North Charleston average. Against the Charleston County average of 3.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. Housing insecurity runs 23.7% against 14.2% nationally.
Court records carry 1,737 eviction filings across 4 observed years. The worst year on record was 2012, when 47.8% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 45.3% of renter households face a filing.
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 45019003300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45019003300?
Census tract 45019003300 in the Ferndale neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (Moderate 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 45019003300?
Median gross rent is $1,154/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45019003300?
25.4% of residents in tract 45019003300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,458.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45019003300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 74th, minority 89th, housing 99th.
Q5
Is tract 45019003300 considered part of Ferndale?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45019003300 fall within Ferndale (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45019003300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,737 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 45019003300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 45.33% of renter households, peaking at 47.8% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 45019003300 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.50× 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 45019003300 struggle to pay rent?
About 23.7% 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. 16.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 45019003300 compare to North Charleston overall?
Tract 45019003300 scores 4.8/10, higher than the parent city of North Charleston at 3.4/10. 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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