Within parent city
20
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #61,558 of 84,120 nationally
Greenwood Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 45047970201 · Greenwood County, SC · pop 5,595 · 14% of tract blocks fall in Greenwood
Tract 45047970201 sits in Greenwood eviction risk, SC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.3/10. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.8/10.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units1,829
Renter share29.7%
SVI overall0.49
Poverty rate12.0%
Median income$78,240
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
29
th percentile
Low
Within state
37
th percentile
Low
National
27
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Greenwood and the region
Centroid at 34.2624, -82.1268 · click any tract to drill in
Why Greenwood scores 3.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Greenwood
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.9
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
12.0% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$1,007 rent vs county FMR
5.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Greenwood
7.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Greenwood
9.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Greenwood
7.8
How Greenwood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 49
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 30%Socioeconomic
- 44%Household composition
- 44%Racial/ethnic minority
- 78%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 413Total filings over 5 yrs
- 36.37%Avg annual filing rate
- 44.9%Peak (2014)
- 88Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 5 months.
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.
- 12.2%Housing insecurity
- 8.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.5%Food insecurity
- 9.2%SNAP enrollment
- 7.6%Transit barriers
- 9.4%No health insurance
- 16.5%Frequent mental distress
- 29.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Greenwood
On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.4/10. Cost burden runs 27% here against 38.4% across Greenwood County.
Severe burden reaches 16%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.1/10.
Average gross rent is $1,007, 20% above the Greenwood average. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 413 filings here across 5 tracked years.
It sits 0.8 points below the Greenwood County average of 4.1. Filings peaked in 2014 at 44.9% of renter households.
In a typical year about 36.4% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #61,558 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Social vulnerability reads 5.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Against average income of $78,240, annual rent is just 15%. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
30% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 45047970201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45047970201?
Census tract 45047970201 in Greenwood scores 3.3/10 (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 45047970201?
Median gross rent is $1,007/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45047970201?
12.0% of residents in tract 45047970201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,595.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45047970201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 49th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 30th, household 44th, minority 44th, housing 78th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45047970201?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 413 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45047970201 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 36.37% of renter households, peaking at 44.9% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45047970201 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.2% 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. 8.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 45047970201 compare to Greenwood overall?
Tract 45047970201 scores 3.3/10, lower than the parent city of Greenwood at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Greenwood eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Greenwood
Top eight tracts in Greenwood ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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45047970401
5.8
/ 10 · Elevated
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Waverly Station
5.8
/ 10 · Elevated
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45047970801
5.8
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · SC
45047970601
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · SC
Bearcat Village
4.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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45047970602
4.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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45047970202
3.8
/ 10 · Low
Tract · SC
Bearcat Village
3.7
/ 10 · Low
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