Neighborhood · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally
Wildwood Eviction Risk: Moderate , North Charleston
Tract 45019003105 ·
Charleston County, SC · pop 3,628 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
With a score of 4.8/10, tract 45019003105 in the Wildwood area of North Charleston, SC reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,628 residents. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.7/10.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31%Stable renters 22%Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units1,464
Renter share53.3%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate17.0%
Median income$46,500
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Wildwood
Moderate
Within parent city
83th percentile
#6 of 31 tracts In North Charleston
High
Within county
81th percentile
#19 of 98 tracts In Charleston County
High
Within state
79th percentile
#276 of 1,317 tracts In South Carolina
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across North Charleston and the region
Centroid at 32.9119, -80.0314 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wildwood scores 4.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
17.0% poverty · this tract
4.2
Supply constraint
$1,245 rent vs county FMR
1.8
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 Wildwood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 92
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
91%Socioeconomic
82%Household composition
85%Racial/ethnic minority
81%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)
1,307Total filings over 4 yrs
38.99%Avg annual filing rate
43.7%Peak (2014)
343Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year2012 to 2015
Filings climbed 16% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
1,558Total filings 2020-21
20.2Avg monthly (observed)
25.1Pre-pandemic baseline
0.81×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–20212020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. 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.
27.4%Housing insecurity
18.4%Utility-shutoff threat
36.9%Food insecurity
26.2%SNAP enrollment
17.2%Transit barriers
27.7%No health insurance
18.8%Frequent mental distress
37.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wildwood
Against Charleston County at 45.9%, 59% of renters here are cost-burdened. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. The severe-burden share is 22%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Adults with no health insurance runs 27.7% against 11.3% nationally. Annualized rent equals 32% of average household income of $46,500, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.8/10.
Housing insecurity runs 27.4% against 14.2% nationally. It sits 1.1 points above the Charleston County average of 3.7.
The filing record is not thin: 1,307 evictions over 4 years of observation. Average gross rent is $1,245, 13% below the North Charleston average.
The worst year on record was 2014, when 43.7% of renter households were served.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 45019003105
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45019003105?
Census tract 45019003105 in the Wildwood neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (Moderate 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 45019003105?
Median gross rent is $1,245/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45019003105?
17.0% of residents in tract 45019003105 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,628.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45019003105?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 91th, household 82th, minority 85th, housing 81th.
Q5
Is tract 45019003105 considered part of Wildwood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45019003105 fall within Wildwood (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45019003105?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,307 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 45019003105 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 38.99% of renter households, peaking at 43.7% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 45019003105 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.81× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Charleston eviction risk, SC), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 45019003105 struggle to pay rent?
About 27.4% 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. 18.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 45019003105 compare to North Charleston overall?
Tract 45019003105 scores 4.8/10, higher than 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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