Forestdale Eviction Risk: Moderate , North Charleston

Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. 82% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.

Set annual rent against average income of $44,515 and the ratio lands at 33%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. 18% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.8/10.

The poverty rate is 22%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. It sits 1.1 points above the Charleston County average of 3.7.

Housing insecurity runs 24.2% against 14.2% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 2,388 evictions over 4 years of observation. At $1,229 a month, rents run 14% under what the rest of North Charleston commands.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 15.1% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The worst year on record was 2012, when 61.7% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 50.8% of renter households face a filing.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.