1 census tracts · pop 4,049 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.6/10
· range 4.6–4.6
Wando Gardens maps to a single census tract in North Charleston, SC and houses 4,049 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 4.6/10, in the Moderate tier. The severe-burden share is 43%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
Against a North Charleston baseline of 32.3%, 69% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10. Running cool is supply constraint, at 1.3/10.
Average gross rent is $1,155, 19% below the North Charleston average of $1,430. The poverty rate is 18%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest.
Court records for this tract carry 862 eviction filings. Well under the midpoint is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.5/10.
Filing activity peaked in 2013 at 79.8% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 13.9% in 2015, is well off that peak. Among the 23 mapped neighborhoods of North Charleston, it ranks #11 by risk, the middle third.
For a like-for-like read, University Park and Ferndale score within a fraction of it. Social vulnerability runs high at 8.3/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.
Rent takes 20% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market.
One tract means one number: 4.6/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Wando Gardens vs North CharlestonHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority71%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport96%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Wando Gardens
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
862Total filings (sum)
56.41%Avg annual filing rate
79.8%Peak year (2013)
13.87%Latest filed (2015)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
181Total filings 2020-21
2.4Avg monthly observed
3.8Pre-pandemic baseline
0.62×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Charleston, SC).
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Wando Gardens
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
18.4%Housing insecurity
12.6%Utility shutoff threat
24.3%Food insecurity
15.9%SNAP enrollment
16.9%No health insurance
33.3%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Wando Gardens
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Wando Gardens?
Wando Gardens scores 4.6/10 (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 Wando Gardens compare to North Charleston overall?
Wando Gardens scores 1.2 points higher than North Charleston overall (3.4/10). Renters spend 69% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $1,155 vs $1,430.
Q3
What is the average rent in Wando Gardens?
Average gross rent in Wando Gardens is $1,155/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 69% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Wando Gardens residents are renters?
36% of Wando Gardens households are renter-occupied (vs 50% in North Charleston). The neighborhood has 4,049 residents.
Q5
Is Wando Gardens a high social-vulnerability area?
Wando Gardens sits in the 81st 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
How safe is Wando Gardens for landlords?
Wando Gardens carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.6/10). 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 Wando Gardens?
Wando Gardens has 3,223 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (49.1%), Black (non-Hispanic) (41.9%), Hispanic / Latino (4.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
