Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #47,371 of 84,120 nationally
Waterstone Cottages Eviction Risk: Moderate , Greenville
Tract 45045002805 · Greenville County, SC · pop 4,753 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
45045002805 is a census tract in the Waterstone Cottages area of Greenville, SC. It scores 4.1/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,753 residents. Severe burden reaches 36%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units2,467
Renter share45.6%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate8.5%
Median income$54,072
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
52
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
53
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
60
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Greenville and the region
Centroid at 34.8495, -82.2901 · click any tract to drill in
Why Waterstone Cottages scores 4.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
8.5% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,101 rent vs county FMR
3.4
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 Waterstone Cottages compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 62
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 41%Socioeconomic
- 72%Household composition
- 41%Racial/ethnic minority
- 80%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)
- 1,414Total filings 2020-21
- 20.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 18.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.08×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Greenville, SC as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
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.
- 9.2%Housing insecurity
- 6.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.6%Food insecurity
- 6.0%SNAP enrollment
- 6.2%Transit barriers
- 9.2%No health insurance
- 14.8%Frequent mental distress
- 29.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Waterstone Cottages
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.6/10. Against Greenville County at 45.8%, 58% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 2.1/10.
SNAP participation runs 6.0% against 15.2% nationally. Average gross rent is $1,101, 16% below the Greenville average. That is riskier than roughly 44% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Social vulnerability reads 6.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
It tracks the Greenville County average of 4.1 closely. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $54,072.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 45045002805
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45045002805?
Census tract 45045002805 in the Waterstone Cottages neighborhood scores 4.1/10 (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 45045002805?
Median gross rent is $1,101/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45045002805?
8.5% of residents in tract 45045002805 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,753.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45045002805?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 41th, household 72th, minority 41th, housing 80th.
Q5
Is tract 45045002805 considered part of Waterstone Cottages?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45045002805 fall within Waterstone Cottages (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 45045002805 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.08× 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 45045002805 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.2% 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. 6.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 45045002805 compare to Greenville overall?
Tract 45045002805 scores 4.1/10, 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.
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