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The Cove at Butler Springs Eviction Risk: Moderate , Wade Hampton

Tract 45045001809 · Greenville County, SC · pop 2,968 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

45045001809 is a census tract in the The Cove at Butler Springs area of Wade Hampton, SC. It scores 4.5/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,968 residents. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.6/10.

Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 35% Stable renters 26% Owners 39%
Tract context
Occupied units1,686
Renter share60.8%
SVI overall0.56
Poverty rate11.1%
Median income$54,500

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In The Cove at Butler Springs
Very High
Within parent city
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 6 tracts In Wade Hampton
Elevated
Within county
62 th percentile
Rank, 62nd percentileLowHigh
#47 of 123 tracts In Greenville County
Elevated
Within state
69 th percentile
Rank, 69th percentileLowHigh
#406 of 1,317 tracts In South Carolina
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Wade Hampton and the region

Centroid at 34.8672, -82.3392 · click any tract to drill in

Why The Cove at Butler Springs scores 4.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Wade Hampton
4.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.1
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
11.1% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,198 rent vs county FMR
4.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wade Hampton
4.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wade Hampton
7.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wade Hampton
4.4

How The Cove at Butler Springs compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
The Cove at Butler Springs risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.5This tracttract 0018093.8Wade Hamptonparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county4.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 56

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

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 2,022Total filings 2020-21
  • 28.9Avg monthly (observed)
  • 16.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.81×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2025-10-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Greenville, SC as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within The Cove at Butler Springs. 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 The Cove at Butler Springs

57% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Greenville County average of 45.8%. 21% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.9/10.

Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.1/10. SNAP participation runs 7.6% against 15.2% nationally. That is riskier than roughly 51% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.1/10, 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.

Average gross rent is $1,198, close to the Wade Hampton average. Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $54,500.

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 45045001809

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45045001809?

Census tract 45045001809 in the The Cove at Butler Springs neighborhood scores 4.5/10 (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 45045001809?

Median gross rent is $1,198/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 45045001809?

11.1% of residents in tract 45045001809 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,968.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 45045001809?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 66th, household 24th, minority 44th, housing 62th.
Q5

Is tract 45045001809 considered part of The Cove at Butler Springs?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45045001809 fall within The Cove at Butler Springs (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 45045001809 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.81× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Greenville eviction risk, SC), 2020-2021.
Q7

What share of households in tract 45045001809 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.8% 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. 7.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 45045001809 compare to Wade Hampton overall?

Tract 45045001809 scores 4.5/10, higher than the parent city of Wade Hampton at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wade Hampton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Wade Hampton

Top eight tracts in Wade Hampton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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