Within parent city
65
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #56,660 of 84,120 nationally
Greer Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 45045004001 · Greenville County, SC · pop 3,756 · 9% of tract blocks fall in Greer
How risky is Greer for landlords? Census tract 45045004001 scores 5.5/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 56th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 43% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 33% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,106 a month against an average household income of $54,500 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. About 10% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units1,178
Renter share10.2%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate9.3%
Median income$54,500
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
42
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
29
th percentile
Low
National
33
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Greer and the region
Centroid at 35.0354, -82.3770 · click any tract to drill in
Why Greer scores 3.1
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
9.3% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,106 rent vs county FMR
3.5
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 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 83
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 77%Socioeconomic
- 82%Household composition
- 36%Racial/ethnic minority
- 86%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)
- 33Total filings 2020-21
- 0.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.41×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). 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.
- 15.0%Housing insecurity
- 11.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 23.8%Food insecurity
- 16.5%SNAP enrollment
- 10.9%Transit barriers
- 14.6%No health insurance
- 19.6%Frequent mental distress
- 40.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Greer
The heaviest input here is 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 safer side for landlords.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.41x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 83rd 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 45045004001
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45045004001?
Census tract 45045004001 in Greer scores 3.1/10 (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 45045004001?
Median gross rent is $1,106/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45045004001?
9.3% of residents in tract 45045004001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,756.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45045004001?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 82th, minority 36th, housing 86th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 45045004001 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.41× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Greenville eviction risk, SC), 2020-2021.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45045004001 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.0% 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. 11.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 45045004001 compare to Greer overall?
Tract 45045004001 scores 3.1/10, 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Greer
Top eight tracts in Greer ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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/ 10 · Moderate
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4.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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Winding Creek
3.7
/ 10 · Low
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Needmore
3.4
/ 10 · Low
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Chestnut Hill Plantation
3.2
/ 10 · Low
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Hartness Village
3.2
/ 10 · Low
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Manning Acres
2.8
/ 10 · Low
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Apalache
2.6
/ 10 · Low
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