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Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Summerville Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 45035010606 · Dorchester County, SC · pop 2,138 · 98% of tract blocks fall in Summerville

Tract 45035010606 sits in Summerville eviction risk, SC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. The severe-burden share is 40%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7% Stable renters 5% Owners 88%
Tract context
Occupied units765
Renter share11.6%
SVI overall0.18
Poverty rate10.3%
Median income$92,461

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
6 th percentile
Rank, 6th percentileLowHigh
#16 of 17 tracts In Summerville
Very Low
Within county
17 th percentile
Rank, 17th percentileLowHigh
#26 of 31 tracts In Dorchester County
Very Low
Within state
29 th percentile
Rank, 29th percentileLowHigh
#932 of 1,317 tracts In South Carolina
Low
National
20 th percentile
Rank, 20th percentileLowHigh
#67,219 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Summerville and the region

Centroid at 33.0101, -80.1896 · click any tract to drill in

Why Summerville scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Summerville
2.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.5
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
10.3% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,149 rent vs county FMR
1.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Summerville
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Summerville
1.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Summerville
2.0

How Summerville compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Summerville risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 0106063.2Summervilleparent city3.5Countyavg tract in county4.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 18

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 128Total filings over 6 yrs
  • 13.52%Avg annual filing rate
  • 20.8%Peak (2013)
  • 17Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 45035010606
Filings climbed 42% over the past 6 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Summerville

The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.8/10. Against Dorchester County at 43.4%, 58% of renters here are cost-burdened. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.

Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.3/10. At $1,149 a month, rents run 25% under what the rest of Summerville commands.

SNAP participation runs 5.6% against 15.2% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 128 filings here across 6 tracked years. Food insecurity runs 9.7% against 17.8% nationally.

Filings peaked in 2013 at 20.8% of renter households. In a typical year about 13.5% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

At 12% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 45035010606

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45035010606?

Census tract 45035010606 in Summerville scores 3/10 (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 45035010606?

Median gross rent is $1,149/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 45035010606?

10.3% of residents in tract 45035010606 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,138.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 45035010606?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 18th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 18th, household 51th, minority 26th, housing 17th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45035010606?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 128 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 45035010606 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.52% of renter households, peaking at 20.8% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 45035010606 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.9% 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. 5.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 45035010606 compare to Summerville overall?

Tract 45035010606 scores 3/10, right in line with the parent city of Summerville at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Summerville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Summerville

Top eight tracts in Summerville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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