Eviction Risk in Pleasant Hills , North Charleston
3 census tracts · pop 16,531 · pop-weighted composite 5.4/10 · range 4.8–5.8
Pleasant Hills is a white-black neighborhood in North Charleston with 3 census tracts and a population of 16,531 residents. The neighborhood's pop-weighted eviction-risk score of 5.4/10 (Moderate tier) blends state law, county-level filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent burden + poverty. 53% of renters here pay at least 30% of household income on rent, and 22% are severely cost-burdened (≥50% of income). Median gross rent of $1,328/month sits 7% lower than the North Charleston citywide median ($1,430).
Pleasant Hills vs. parent city, state, and U.S.
Composite landlord eviction-risk score (0–10 scale).
Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk
Same county, closest by composite score.
Pleasant Hills vs North Charleston
How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average.
Racial & ethnic composition
White-Black Neighborhood — 16,306 residents across all tracts in Pleasant Hills. Source: ACS 5-year 2023 (B03002).
- Hispanic / Latino 13.6%
- White (non-Hispanic) 46.7%
- Black (non-Hispanic) 30.9%
- Asian (non-Hispanic) 2.2%
- Other / Multiracial 6.6%
3 tracts in Pleasant Hills
Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.
| Tract | Score | Pop | Rent burden | Median rent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45019003115 | 5.8 | 8,255 | 57% | $1,253 |
| 45019003113 | 5.3 | 4,851 | 57% | $1,344 |
| 45019003117 | 4.8 | 3,425 | 35% | $1,488 |
CDC SVI percentile: 79
Pop-weighted across 3 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.
Court-record eviction history in Pleasant Hills
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 2,249Total filings (sum)
- 26.20%Avg annual filing rate
- 34.4%Peak year (2014)
- 26.41%Latest filed (2015)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 3,679Total filings 2020-21
- 18.6Avg monthly observed
- 23.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.87×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Charleston, SC).
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Pleasant Hills
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
- 16.1%Housing insecurity
- 10.8%Utility shutoff threat
- 20.8%Food insecurity
- 13.1%SNAP enrollment
- 13.5%No health insurance
- 30.5%Any disability
About Pleasant Hills
What is the eviction-risk score for Pleasant Hills?
Pleasant Hills scores 5.4/10 (Moderate tier) across 3 census tracts. The pop-weighted composite blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent burden and poverty signals.
How does Pleasant Hills compare to North Charleston overall?
Pleasant Hills scores 2.1 points higher than North Charleston overall (3.3/10). Rent burden: 53% vs 32% citywide. Median rent: $1,328 vs $1,430.
What is the median rent in Pleasant Hills?
Median gross rent in Pleasant Hills is $1,328/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
What percentage of Pleasant Hills residents are renters?
45% of Pleasant Hills households are renter-occupied (vs 50% in North Charleston). The neighborhood has 16,531 residents.
Is Pleasant Hills a high social-vulnerability area?
Pleasant Hills sits in the 79th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.