Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #51,553 of 84,120 nationally
Needmore Eviction Risk: Lower , Greer
Tract 45045002504 · Greenville County, SC · pop 1,736 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
With a score of 5.7/10, tract 45045002504 in the Needmore neighborhood of Greer ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 1,736 residents. On the national scale it ranks #30,834 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 46% of renter households, a severe level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,011 monthly, set against $57,206 in average yearly household income, roughly 21% of income at the averages. About 43% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units876
Renter share42.9%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate14.8%
Median income$57,206
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
82
th percentile
High
Within county
47
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
36
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Greer and the region
Centroid at 34.9441, -82.2340 · click any tract to drill in
Why Needmore scores 3.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
14.8% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$1,011 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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 Needmore compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 78
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 65%Socioeconomic
- 95%Household composition
- 59%Racial/ethnic minority
- 62%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)
- 392Total filings 2020-21
- 5.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 7.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.71×Ratio to 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.
- 14.4%Housing insecurity
- 9.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.4%Food insecurity
- 10.6%SNAP enrollment
- 8.9%Transit barriers
- 12.5%No health insurance
- 17.4%Frequent mental distress
- 31.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Needmore
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 6.1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Greer eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Greenville County average of 5.6 and in line with the South Carolina statewide average of 5.5. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is racially mixed and ranks around the 78th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.71x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 45045002504
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45045002504?
Census tract 45045002504 in the Needmore neighborhood scores 3.4/10 (Lower 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 45045002504?
Median gross rent is $1,011/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45045002504?
14.8% of residents in tract 45045002504 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,736.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45045002504?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 65th, household 95th, minority 59th, housing 62th.
Q5
Is tract 45045002504 considered part of Needmore?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45045002504 fall within Needmore (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 45045002504 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.71× 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 45045002504 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.4% 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. 9.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 45045002504 compare to Greer overall?
Tract 45045002504 scores 3.4/10, higher than the parent city of Greer at 2.1/10. 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.
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