Hampton Townes Eviction Risk: Moderate , Berea

66% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Greenville County average of 45.8%. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.6/10.

Set annual rent against average income of $36,198 and the ratio lands at 38%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. The poverty rate is 35%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Running hot, economic stress reads 8.8/10. SNAP participation runs 28.5% against 15.2% nationally.

On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. Against the Greenville County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 18.6% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 9.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the SC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $1,146, close to the Berea average.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.