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Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally

Ridgeway Cottages Eviction Risk: Moderate , Greenville

Tract 45045004400 · Greenville County, SC · pop 1,950 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Census tract 45045004400 covers part of the Ridgeway Cottages area of Greenville, SC, and scores 5.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,950 residents. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.6/10.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 45% Stable renters 36% Owners 19%
Tract context
Occupied units1,068
Renter share81.2%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate31.2%
Median income$45,795

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Ridgeway Cottages
Very High
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 28 tracts In Greenville
Very High
Within county
74 th percentile
Rank, 74th percentileLowHigh
#33 of 123 tracts In Greenville County
Elevated
Within state
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#195 of 1,317 tracts In South Carolina
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Greenville and the region

Centroid at 34.8480, -82.3502 · click any tract to drill in

Why Ridgeway Cottages 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
31.2% poverty · this tract
7.8
Supply constraint
$1,277 rent vs county FMR
4.8
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 Ridgeway Cottages compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Ridgeway Cottages risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.1This tracttract 0044003.7Greenvilleparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county4.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 73

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)

  • 507Total filings 2020-21
  • 7.2Avg monthly (observed)
  • 6.1Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.18×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2025-10-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

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 Ridgeway Cottages. 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 Ridgeway Cottages

28% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. This is renter territory: 81% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

Annualized rent equals 33% of average household income of $45,795, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. The poverty rate is 31%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Against Greenville County at 45.8%, 55% of renters here are cost-burdened. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.1/10. It sits 1.0 points above the Greenville County average of 4.1.

On the national scale it lands near the 63rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 7.6/10 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.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 45045004400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45045004400?

Census tract 45045004400 in the Ridgeway Cottages neighborhood 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 45045004400?

Median gross rent is $1,277/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 45045004400?

31.2% of residents in tract 45045004400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,950.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 45045004400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 28th, minority 66th, housing 73th.
Q5

Is tract 45045004400 considered part of Ridgeway Cottages?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45045004400 fall within Ridgeway Cottages (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 45045004400 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.18× 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 45045004400 struggle to pay rent?

About 18.6% 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.
Q8

How does tract 45045004400 compare to Greenville overall?

Tract 45045004400 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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