Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #56,048 of 84,120 nationally
Whipper Barnoy Eviction Risk: Lower , North Charleston
Tract 45019003800 · Charleston County, SC · pop 3,763 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
With a score of 3.6/10, tract 45019003800 in the Whipper Barnoy area of North Charleston, SC reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,763. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.7/10.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units1,570
Renter share41.9%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate7.7%
Median income$63,595
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
37
th percentile
Low
Within county
57
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
47
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across North Charleston and the region
Centroid at 32.8582, -79.9988 · click any tract to drill in
Why Whipper Barnoy scores 3.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
7.7% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,404 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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 Whipper Barnoy compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 62
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 85%Socioeconomic
- 37%Household composition
- 93%Racial/ethnic minority
- 19%Housing & transportation
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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 981Total filings over 4 yrs
- 42.14%Avg annual filing rate
- 46.7%Peak (2012)
- 202Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 26% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 565Total filings 2020-21
- 7.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 19.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.38×Ratio to 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.
- 25.1%Housing insecurity
- 17.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 33.5%Food insecurity
- 24.3%SNAP enrollment
- 15.5%Transit barriers
- 17.8%No health insurance
- 18.3%Frequent mental distress
- 38.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Whipper Barnoy
28% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.
Food insecurity runs 33.5% against 17.8% nationally. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.9/10. SNAP participation runs 24.3% against 15.2% nationally.
Court records carry 981 eviction filings across 4 observed years. Filings peaked in 2012 at 46.7% of renter households.
In a typical year about 42.1% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 33rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.5/10. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.
Rent takes 30% or more of income for 43% of renters. It tracks the Charleston County average of 3.7 closely.
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 45019003800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45019003800?
Census tract 45019003800 in the Whipper Barnoy neighborhood scores 3.6/10 (Lower 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 45019003800?
Median gross rent is $1,404/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45019003800?
7.7% of residents in tract 45019003800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,763.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45019003800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 37th, minority 93th, housing 19th.
Q5
Is tract 45019003800 considered part of Whipper Barnoy?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45019003800 fall within Whipper Barnoy (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45019003800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 981 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 45019003800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 42.14% of renter households, peaking at 46.7% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 45019003800 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.38× 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.
Q8
What share of households in tract 45019003800 struggle to pay rent?
About 25.1% 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. 17.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 45019003800 compare to North Charleston overall?
Tract 45019003800 scores 3.6/10, right in line with 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.
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