1 census tracts · pop 4,561 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4/10
· range 4–4
Pepperidge is a one-tract neighborhood of North Charleston, SC and houses 4,561 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 4/10, Moderate tier. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10.
Running cool is supply constraint, at 1.8/10. Severe burden reaches 13%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. The filing record is not thin: 2,350 evictions logged in this tract.
On the softer side is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.5/10. Rent consumes at least 30% of income for around a third of renter households.
Average gross rent is $1,235, 14% below the North Charleston average of $1,430. The worst year on record was 2014, when filings touched 79.6% of renter households.
Recent filings have not receded much: 52.4% in 2015 against a 79.6% peak. That places it #14 of 23 neighborhoods in North Charleston.
For a like-for-like read, Hunley Park and Pleasant Hills score within a fraction of it. Social vulnerability runs high at 7.6/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input. Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $59,743.
47% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 4/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
4
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Pepperidge vs North CharlestonHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority87%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport63%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Pepperidge
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
2,350Total filings (sum)
62.90%Avg annual filing rate
79.6%Peak year (2014)
52.36%Latest filed (2015)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
2,675Total filings 2020-21
34.7Avg monthly observed
27.1Pre-pandemic baseline
1.28×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Charleston, SC).
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Pepperidge
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
19.2%Housing insecurity
12.8%Utility shutoff threat
22.6%Food insecurity
14.2%SNAP enrollment
13.0%No health insurance
27.9%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Pepperidge
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Pepperidge?
Pepperidge scores 4/10 (Moderate tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Pepperidge compare to North Charleston overall?
Pepperidge scores 0.6 points higher than North Charleston overall (3.4/10). Renters spend 34% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $1,235 vs $1,430.
Q3
What is the average rent in Pepperidge?
Average gross rent in Pepperidge is $1,235/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Pepperidge residents are renters?
47% of Pepperidge households are renter-occupied (vs 50% in North Charleston). The neighborhood has 4,561 residents.
Q5
Is Pepperidge a high social-vulnerability area?
Pepperidge sits in the 74th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Pepperidge for landlords?
Pepperidge carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to North Charleston as a whole (3.4/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Pepperidge?
Pepperidge has 5,219 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (66.5%), White (non-Hispanic) (14.1%), Hispanic / Latino (12.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
