Within parent city
20
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #58,384 of 84,120 nationally
Travelers Rest Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 45045002701 · Greenville County, SC · pop 4,242 · 16% of tract blocks fall in Travelers Rest
Tract 45045002701 covers Travelers Rest in South Carolina. Home to 4,242 residents, it scores 6.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 79th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 49% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 43% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,147 monthly, set against $104,866 in average yearly household income, roughly 13% of income at the averages. Renters make up 11% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units1,685
Renter share11.1%
SVI overall0.17
Poverty rate1.5%
Median income$104,866
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
40
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
27
th percentile
Low
National
31
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Travelers Rest and the region
Centroid at 34.9393, -82.3925 · click any tract to drill in
Why Travelers Rest scores 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
1.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,147 rent vs county FMR
3.8
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 Travelers Rest compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 17
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 10%Socioeconomic
- 56%Household composition
- 9%Racial/ethnic minority
- 25%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)
- 43Total filings 2020-21
- 0.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.15×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.
- 6.3%Housing insecurity
- 4.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.6%Food insecurity
- 3.5%SNAP enrollment
- 4.3%Transit barriers
- 6.8%No health insurance
- 13.1%Frequent mental distress
- 25.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Travelers Rest
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 6.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.15x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.
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 45045002701
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45045002701?
Census tract 45045002701 in Travelers Rest scores 3/10 (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 45045002701?
Median gross rent is $1,147/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45045002701?
1.5% of residents in tract 45045002701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,242.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45045002701?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 56th, minority 9th, housing 25th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 45045002701 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.15× 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 45045002701 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.3% 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. 4.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 45045002701 compare to Travelers Rest overall?
Tract 45045002701 scores 3/10, right in line with 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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