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Census Tract · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally

Greenville Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 45045001502 · Greenville County, SC · pop 2,552 · 51% of tract blocks fall in Greenville

Tract 45045001502 sits in Greenville eviction risk, SC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.1/10. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.6/10.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 21% Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units1,034
Renter share36.8%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate16.9%
Median income$39,937

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 28 tracts In Greenville
Elevated
Within county
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#32 of 123 tracts In Greenville County
Elevated
Within state
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#195 of 1,317 tracts In South Carolina
High
National
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#31,049 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Greenville and the region

Centroid at 34.8029, -82.3838 · click any tract to drill in

Why Greenville scores 5.1

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
16.9% poverty · this tract
4.2
Supply constraint
$950 rent vs county FMR
2.3
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 Greenville compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Greenville risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.1This tracttract 0015023.7Greenvilleparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county4.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 93

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)

  • 527Total filings 2020-21
  • 7.5Avg monthly (observed)
  • 10.2Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.74×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2025-10-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

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

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Greenville

Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. At $950 a month, rents run 28% under what the rest of Greenville commands. The severe-burden share is 16%, 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. It sits 1.0 points above the Greenville County average of 4.1.

Food insecurity runs 25.5% against 17.8% nationally. That is riskier than roughly 63% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 9.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the SC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 1.1 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. 42% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.

Annual rent works out to 29% of average household income of $39,937. 37% 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 45045001502

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45045001502?

Census tract 45045001502 in Greenville scores 5.1/10 (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 45045001502?

Median gross rent is $950/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 45045001502?

16.9% of residents in tract 45045001502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,552.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 45045001502?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 85th, minority 90th, housing 84th.
Q5

Did eviction filings in tract 45045001502 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.74× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Greenville eviction risk, SC), 2020-2021.
Q6

What share of households in tract 45045001502 struggle to pay rent?

About 19.9% 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. 13.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 45045001502 compare to Greenville overall?

Tract 45045001502 scores 5.1/10, 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.

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