Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #35,899 of 84,120 nationally
Sunny Slopes Eviction Risk: Moderate , Travelers Rest
Tract 45045003905 · Greenville County, SC · pop 4,556 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
In the Sunny Slopes neighborhood of Travelers Rest, census tract 45045003905 scores 6.2/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 79% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 44% of renter households, a severe level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,132 a month against an average household income of $65,330 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 24% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units2,009
Renter share24.3%
SVI overall0.74
Poverty rate10.7%
Median income$65,330
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
60
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
64
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
60
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Travelers Rest and the region
Centroid at 34.9905, -82.4431 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sunny Slopes scores 4.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Travelers Rest
4.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.1
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
10.7% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$1,132 rent vs county FMR
3.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Travelers Rest
8.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Travelers Rest
8.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Travelers Rest
8.5
How Sunny Slopes compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 74
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 66%Socioeconomic
- 82%Household composition
- 35%Racial/ethnic minority
- 74%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)
- 247Total filings 2020-21
- 3.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.95×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.
- 11.1%Housing insecurity
- 7.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.0%Food insecurity
- 8.5%SNAP enrollment
- 7.5%Transit barriers
- 11.0%No health insurance
- 17.1%Frequent mental distress
- 32.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sunny Slopes
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.9/10. 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 Travelers Rest, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Greenville County average of 5.6 and above the South Carolina statewide average of 5.5. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 74th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 45045003905
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45045003905?
Census tract 45045003905 in the Sunny Slopes neighborhood scores 4.3/10 (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 45045003905?
Median gross rent is $1,132/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45045003905?
10.7% of residents in tract 45045003905 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,556.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45045003905?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 66th, household 82th, minority 35th, housing 74th.
Q5
Is tract 45045003905 considered part of Sunny Slopes?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45045003905 fall within Sunny Slopes (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 45045003905 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.95× 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 45045003905 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.1% 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. 7.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 45045003905 compare to Travelers Rest overall?
Tract 45045003905 scores 4.3/10, higher than the parent city of Travelers Rest at 2.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Travelers Rest; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Travelers Rest
Top eight tracts in Travelers Rest ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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Travelers Rest
2.8 / 10
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Greenville County
Parent state ↑
South Carolina
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