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Dorchester Crossing Eviction Risk: Moderate , Summerville

Tract 45035010813 · Dorchester County, SC · pop 10,967 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

Census tract 45035010813 covers part of the Dorchester Crossing area of Summerville, SC, and scores 4.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 35%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31% Stable renters 25% Owners 44%
Tract context
Occupied units3,651
Renter share56.4%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate28.8%
Median income$55,850

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 4 tracts In Dorchester Crossing
Very High
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 17 tracts In Summerville
Very High
Within county
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 31 tracts In Dorchester County
High
Within state
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#352 of 1,317 tracts In South Carolina
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Summerville and the region

Centroid at 32.9767, -80.1609 · click any tract to drill in

Why Dorchester Crossing scores 4.6

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
28.8% poverty · this tract
7.2
Supply constraint
$1,449 rent vs county FMR
3.0
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 Dorchester Crossing compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Dorchester Crossing risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.6This tracttract 0108133.2Summervilleparent city3.5Countyavg tract in county4.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 96

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)

  • 3,834Total filings over 6 yrs
  • 39.96%Avg annual filing rate
  • 49.2%Peak (2013)
  • 486Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 45035010813
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 6 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Dorchester Crossing. 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 Dorchester Crossing

The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.8/10. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.

55% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Dorchester County average of 43.4%. Well under the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 1.5/10. The poverty rate is 29%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

It sits 1.1 points above the Dorchester County average of 3.5. Court records carry 3,834 eviction filings across 6 observed years. The worst year on record was 2013, when 49.2% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 40.0% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 53% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.7/10.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 45035010813

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45035010813?

Census tract 45035010813 in the Dorchester Crossing neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (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 45035010813?

Median gross rent is $1,449/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 45035010813?

28.8% of residents in tract 45035010813 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 10,967.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 45035010813?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 94th, minority 68th, housing 91th.
Q5

Is tract 45035010813 considered part of Dorchester Crossing?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45035010813 fall within Dorchester Crossing (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45035010813?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 3,834 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 45035010813 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 39.96% of renter households, peaking at 49.2% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 45035010813 struggle to pay rent?

About 16.5% 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. 11.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 45035010813 compare to Summerville overall?

Tract 45035010813 scores 4.6/10, higher than 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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