2 census tracts · pop 7,723 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4/10
· range 3.7–4.4
Bearcat Village is a 2-tract neighborhood of Greenwood, SC and houses 7,723 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 4/10, in the Moderate tier. Against a Greenwood baseline of 30.2%, 53% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10. Severe burden reaches 23%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. Running hot is housing-court posture at 7.8/10.
Well under the midpoint is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.4/10. Court records for this tract carry 746 eviction filings. The worst year on record was 2015, when filings touched 51.9% of renter households.
Judgments average 1.2% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. Against average income of $56,399, annual rent is only 19%, a wide affordability cushion.
Its 2 tracts score within 0.7 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses. Average gross rent runs $889, close to the Greenwood average.
34% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
With little internal variation, 4/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
4
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Bearcat Village vs GreenwoodHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority49%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport57%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Bearcat Village
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
746Total filings (sum)
31.63%Avg annual filing rate
51.9%Peak year (2015)
51.94%Latest filed (2015)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Bearcat Village
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
11.5%Housing insecurity
7.5%Utility shutoff threat
15.0%Food insecurity
7.7%SNAP enrollment
9.0%No health insurance
28.4%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Bearcat Village
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Bearcat Village?
Bearcat Village scores 4/10 (Moderate tier) across 2 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Bearcat Village compare to Greenwood overall?
Bearcat Village scores 0.4 points lower than Greenwood overall (4.4/10). Renters spend 53% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $889 vs $839.
Q3
What is the average rent in Bearcat Village?
Average gross rent in Bearcat Village is $889/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Bearcat Village residents are renters?
34% of Bearcat Village households are renter-occupied (vs 57% in Greenwood). The neighborhood has 7,723 residents.
Q5
Is Bearcat Village a high social-vulnerability area?
Bearcat Village sits in the 53rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Bearcat Village have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Bearcat Village is census tract 45047970303 (score 4.4/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.7 to 4.4, a spread of 0.7 points.
Q7
How safe is Bearcat Village for landlords?
Bearcat Village carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Greenwood as a whole (4.4/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Bearcat Village?
Bearcat Village has 7,726 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (67.3%), Black (non-Hispanic) (22.8%), Hispanic / Latino (5.2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
Sibling neighborhoods
Other neighborhoods inside Greenwood
Same parent city, ranked by score similarity to Bearcat Village.
