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

Greer Mill Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 45045002505 · Greenville County, SC · pop 3,879 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

With a score of 5.1/10, tract 45045002505 in the Greer Mill area of Greer, SC reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,879. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.6/10.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26% Stable renters 23% Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units1,860
Renter share49.4%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate31.5%
Median income$35,987

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Greer Mill
Moderate
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 18 tracts In Greer
Very High
Within county
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#22 of 123 tracts In Greenville County
High
Within state
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#195 of 1,317 tracts In South Carolina
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Greer and the region

Centroid at 34.9340, -82.2349 · click any tract to drill in

Why Greer Mill scores 5.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Greer
4.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.1
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
31.5% poverty · this tract
7.9
Supply constraint
$852 rent vs county FMR
1.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Greer
5.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Greer
6.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Greer
5.2

How Greer Mill compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Greer Mill risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.1This tracttract 0025053.7Greerparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county4.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 98

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)

  • 917Total filings 2020-21
  • 13.1Avg monthly (observed)
  • 17.4Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.75×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.

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 Greer Mill

On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.5/10. The poverty rate is 31%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Average gross rent is $852, 29% below the Greer average.

Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.5/10. Severe burden reaches 16%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Against Greenville County at 45.8%, 54% of renters here are cost-burdened. Adults with no health insurance runs 21.8% against 11.3% nationally. Against the Greenville County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points.

SNAP participation runs 23.3% against 15.2% nationally. That is riskier than roughly 63% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the SC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 1.1 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition 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 45045002505

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45045002505?

Census tract 45045002505 in the Greer Mill 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 45045002505?

Median gross rent is $852/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 45045002505?

31.5% of residents in tract 45045002505 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,879.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 45045002505?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 98th, minority 65th, housing 90th.
Q5

Is tract 45045002505 considered part of Greer Mill?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45045002505 fall within Greer Mill (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 45045002505 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.75× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Greenville eviction risk, SC), 2020-2021.
Q7

What share of households in tract 45045002505 struggle to pay rent?

About 22.6% 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. 16.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 45045002505 compare to Greer overall?

Tract 45045002505 scores 5.1/10, higher than the parent city of Greer at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Greer eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Greer

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

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