3 census tracts · pop 16,531 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.4/10
· range 3.7–4.8
Pleasant Hills spans 3 census tracts of North Charleston, SC and houses 16,531 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 4.4/10, in the Moderate tier. Cost burden runs 53% against 32.3% citywide, putting Pleasant Hills 20.3% over its own city.
Pulling the other way is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10. The severe-burden share is 22%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
On the softer side is supply constraint, at 2.3/10. The poverty rate is 22%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 3.7 to 4.8, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk. Court records carry 2,249 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts. Well under the midpoint is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.5/10.
The worst year on record was 2014, when filings touched 34.4% of renter households. Recent filings have not receded much: 26.0% in 2015 against a 34.4% peak.
At $1,328 a month, rents sit 7% under what the rest of North Charleston commands. That places it #13 of 23 neighborhoods in North Charleston. The closest comparables inside the same city are University Park and Wando Gardens.
Social vulnerability runs high at 8.1/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 1.1 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
3 tracts · population-weighted
Pleasant Hills vs North CharlestonHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority69%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport78%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
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).
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
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
Frequently asked
About Pleasant Hills
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Pleasant Hills?
Pleasant Hills scores 4.4/10 (Moderate tier) across 3 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 Pleasant Hills compare to North Charleston overall?
Pleasant Hills scores 1.0 points higher than North Charleston overall (3.4/10). Renters spend 53% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $1,328 vs $1,430.
Q3
What is the average rent in Pleasant Hills?
Average 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.
Q4
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.
Q5
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.
Q6
Which tracts in Pleasant Hills have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Pleasant Hills is census tract 45019003115 (score 4.8/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.7 to 4.8, a spread of 1.1 points.
Q7
How safe is Pleasant Hills for landlords?
Pleasant Hills carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.4/10). Pop-weighted across 3 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.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Pleasant Hills?
Pleasant Hills has 16,306 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (46.7%), Black (non-Hispanic) (30.9%), Hispanic / Latino (13.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
