Within parent city
6
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Summerville Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 45035010809 · Dorchester County, SC · pop 3,460 · 60% of tract blocks fall in Summerville
Tract 45035010809 sits in Summerville eviction risk, SC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. It is home to 3,460 residents. 12% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well under the Dorchester County average of 43.4%.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units1,417
Renter share16.7%
SVI overall0.28
Poverty rate4.9%
Median income$86,827
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
20
th percentile
Low
Within state
29
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Summerville and the region
Centroid at 32.9987, -80.1663 · click any tract to drill in
Why Summerville scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
4.9% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,260 rent vs county FMR
1.9
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 28
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 37%Socioeconomic
- 58%Household composition
- 33%Racial/ethnic minority
- 13%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)
- 376Total filings over 6 yrs
- 23.19%Avg annual filing rate
- 25.4%Peak (2014)
- 58Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 9.9%Housing insecurity
- 6.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.1%Food insecurity
- 5.7%SNAP enrollment
- 6.3%Transit barriers
- 9.0%No health insurance
- 15.3%Frequent mental distress
- 25.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Summerville
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.8/10. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.
Running cool, economic stress reads 1.2/10. Average gross rent is $1,260, 17% below the Summerville average.
SNAP participation runs 5.7% against 15.2% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 376 filings here across 6 tracked years. The severe-burden share is 8%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Filings peaked in 2014 at 25.4% of renter households. In a typical year about 23.2% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 17% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
Social vulnerability reads 3.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Against average income of $86,827, annual rent is just 17%.
Statewide the SC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 1.0 points cooler.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 45035010809
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45035010809?
Census tract 45035010809 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 45035010809?
Median gross rent is $1,260/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 12% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45035010809?
4.9% of residents in tract 45035010809 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,460.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45035010809?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 37th, household 58th, minority 33th, housing 13th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45035010809?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 376 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 45035010809 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 23.19% of renter households, peaking at 25.4% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45035010809 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.9% 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. 6.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 45035010809 compare to Summerville overall?
Tract 45035010809 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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4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
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Dorchester Crossing
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
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3.8
/ 10 · Low
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Cotton Hill
3.7
/ 10 · Low
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3.5
/ 10 · Low
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3.4
/ 10 · Low
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3.2
/ 10 · Low
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