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Neighborhood · Berea, SC

Hampton Townes Eviction Risk: Moderate

2 census tracts · pop 7,142 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.6/10 · range 5.4–6

Hampton Townes is a 2-tract neighborhood of Berea, SC, population 7,142. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 5.6/10, in the Moderate tier. The severe-burden share is 43%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.

56% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, far above the Berea rate of 33.9%. The poverty rate is 35%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest.

The strongest single driver of the headline number is economic stress at 8.7/10. Annualized rent equals 33% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with. Sitting well above the midpoint is tenant-organizing strength at 8.6/10.

SNAP participation is 31.5% of households versus 15.2% nationally. Running hot is housing-court posture at 8.3/10.

Disability prevalence reaches 45.7% against a 31.5% national average, which raises the odds a reasonable-accommodation request accompanies any dispute. Among the 4 mapped neighborhoods of Berea, it ranks #2 by risk, the middle third. For a like-for-like read, August Brook and Forest Ridge score within a fraction of it.

Social vulnerability runs high at 9.2/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input. Its 2 tracts score within 0.6 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses.

With little internal variation, 5.6/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score
5.6
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Hampton Townes vs Berea How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
56.1% +65%
Berea: 33.9%
Average gross rent
$1,040 -3%
Berea: $1,076
Average HH income
$37,596 -22%
Berea: $48,104
Poverty rate
34.6% +58%
Berea: 22.0%
Renter share
52.6% +46%
Berea: 36.1%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Hampton Townes and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 2 tracts span score 5.4–6

Why Hampton Townes scores 5.6

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 2.1–2.1 across tracts
2.1
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 4.1–4.1 across tracts
4.1
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 4.7–4.7 across tracts
4.7
Rent control risk
56% of income on rent · Range 7.8–8.4 across tracts
8.0
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 1.8–2.1 across tracts
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
53% renter households · Range 8.0–9.6 across tracts
8.6
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 8.0–8.7 across tracts
8.3
Economic stress
34.6% below poverty line · Range 8.5–8.8 across tracts
8.7
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.7–3.8 across tracts
3.0
Risk score comparison

Hampton Townes vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Hampton Townes score vs. parent city, state, U.S.5.6Hampton TownesNeighborhood4.0Parent cityhost city3.8Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

2 tracts in Hampton Townes

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
45045002204 6 2,796 41% $874
45045003704 5.4 4,346 66% $1,146
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 92

Pop-weighted across 2 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 96%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 96%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 73%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 52%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Hampton Townes

Aggregated across 0 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 1,681Total filings 2020-21
  • 13.4Avg monthly observed
  • 17.3Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.75×Ratio to baseline

Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Greenville, SC).

CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Hampton Townes

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Hampton Townes

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Hampton Townes?

Hampton Townes scores 5.6/10 (Moderate tier) across 2 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2

How does Hampton Townes compare to Berea overall?

Hampton Townes scores 1.6 points higher than Berea overall (4/10). Renters spend 56% of income on rent vs 34% citywide. Average rent: $1,040 vs $1,076.
Q3

What is the average rent in Hampton Townes?

Average gross rent in Hampton Townes is $1,040/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Hampton Townes residents are renters?

53% of Hampton Townes households are renter-occupied (vs 36% in Berea). The neighborhood has 7,142 residents.
Q5

Is Hampton Townes a high social-vulnerability area?

Hampton Townes sits in the 92nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

Which tracts in Hampton Townes have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Hampton Townes is census tract 45045002204 (score 6/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.4 to 6, a spread of 0.6 points.
Q7

How safe is Hampton Townes for landlords?

Hampton Townes carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.6/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Berea as a whole (4/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Hampton Townes?

Hampton Townes has 7,272 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (45.4%), White (non-Hispanic) (35.3%), Black (non-Hispanic) (13.4%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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Other neighborhoods inside Berea

Same parent city, ranked by score similarity to Hampton Townes.

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