Tract 45045001205 ·
Greenville County, SC · pop 1,237 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
45045001205 is a census tract in the Highview Townes area of Greenville, SC. It scores 4.4/10 for landlords. around two-thirds of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Greenville County average of 45.8%.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 40%Stable renters 21%Owners 39%
Tract context
Occupied units627
Renter share60.8%
SVI overall0.42
Poverty rate12.0%
Median income$49,460
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100th percentile
#1 of 2 tracts In Highview Townes
Very High
Within parent city
63th percentile
#11 of 28 tracts In Greenville
Elevated
Within county
62th percentile
#48 of 123 tracts In Greenville County
Elevated
Within state
67th percentile
#441 of 1,317 tracts In South Carolina
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Greenville and the region
Centroid at 34.8631, -82.3765 · click any tract to drill in
Why Highview Townes scores 4.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Greenville
3.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.1
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
12.0% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$1,089 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Greenville
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Greenville
2.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Greenville
3.0
How Highview Townes compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 42
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
61%Socioeconomic
8%Household composition
53%Racial/ethnic minority
49%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
631Total filings 2020-21
9.0Avg monthly (observed)
9.1Pre-pandemic baseline
1.00×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–20212020-01-01 to 2025-10-01
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Greenville, SC as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Highview Townes. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
14.5%Housing insecurity
10.1%Utility-shutoff threat
18.5%Food insecurity
11.2%SNAP enrollment
9.0%Transit barriers
11.4%No health insurance
17.0%Frequent mental distress
29.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Highview Townes
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.6/10. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. The severe-burden share is 19%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Running cool, state political climate reads 2.1/10. At $1,089 a month, rents run 17% under what the rest of Greenville commands.
Nationally it ranks #42,813 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Greenville County average of 4.1 closely. Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $49,460.
61% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 45045001205
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45045001205?
Census tract 45045001205 in the Highview Townes neighborhood scores 4.4/10 (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 45045001205?
Median gross rent is $1,089/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45045001205?
12.0% of residents in tract 45045001205 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,237.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45045001205?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 42th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 61th, household 8th, minority 53th, housing 49th.
Q5
Is tract 45045001205 considered part of Highview Townes?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45045001205 fall within Highview Townes (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 45045001205 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.00× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Greenville eviction risk, SC), 2020-2021.
Q7
What share of households in tract 45045001205 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.5% 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. 10.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 45045001205 compare to Greenville overall?
Tract 45045001205 scores 4.4/10, higher than the parent city of Greenville at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Greenville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Greenville
Top eight tracts in Greenville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.