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Neighborhood · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally

Otranto Eviction Risk: Moderate , North Charleston

Tract 45019003116 · Charleston County, SC · pop 4,930 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

Census tract 45019003116 covers part of the Otranto area of North Charleston, SC, and scores 4.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,930. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.7/10.

Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 35% Stable renters 40% Owners 25%
Tract context
Occupied units2,221
Renter share76.0%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate23.8%
Median income$57,193

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Otranto
Moderate
Within parent city
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#11 of 31 tracts In North Charleston
Elevated
Within county
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#14 of 98 tracts In Charleston County
High
Within state
79 th percentile
Rank, 79th percentileLowHigh
#276 of 1,317 tracts In South Carolina
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across North Charleston and the region

Centroid at 32.9510, -80.0464 · click any tract to drill in

Why Otranto scores 4.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
23.8% poverty · this tract
5.9
Supply constraint
$1,391 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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 Otranto compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Otranto risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.8This tracttract 0031163.4North Charlestonparent city3.7Countyavg tract in county4.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 86

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

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 3,226Total filings 2020-21
  • 41.9Avg monthly (observed)
  • 83.3Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.50×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Otranto

On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. This is renter territory: 76% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

The severe-burden share is 17%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The poverty rate is 24%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.1/10. It sits 1.1 points above the Charleston County average of 3.7.

Food insecurity runs 25.8% against 17.8% nationally. Nationally it ranks #35,669 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.7/10.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 47% of renters. Average gross rent is $1,391, close to the North Charleston average.

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 45019003116

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45019003116?

Census tract 45019003116 in the Otranto 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 45019003116?

Median gross rent is $1,391/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 45019003116?

23.8% of residents in tract 45019003116 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,930.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 45019003116?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 91th, household 41th, minority 73th, housing 86th.
Q5

Is tract 45019003116 considered part of Otranto?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45019003116 fall within Otranto (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 45019003116 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.
Q7

What share of households in tract 45019003116 struggle to pay rent?

About 20.0% 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. 13.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 45019003116 compare to North Charleston overall?

Tract 45019003116 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in North Charleston

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

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