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Census Tract · Ranked #26,446 of 84,120 nationally

Greenwood Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 45047970202 · Greenwood County, SC · pop 6,069 · 67% of tract blocks fall in Greenwood

For landlords sizing up Greenwood, census tract 45047970202 carries an elevated eviction-risk score of $1/10. It lands near the 74th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

38% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $995 a month while the average household earns $49,535 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. About 45% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17% Stable renters 28% Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units3,015
Renter share45.1%
SVI overall0.38
Poverty rate10.0%
Median income$49,535

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
40 th percentile
Rank, 40th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 11 tracts In Greenwood
Moderate
Within county
53 th percentile
Rank, 53rd percentileLowHigh
#9 of 18 tracts In Greenwood County
Moderate
Within state
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#330 of 1,317 tracts In South Carolina
High
National
69 th percentile
Rank, 69th percentileLowHigh
#26,446 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Greenwood and the region

Centroid at 34.2209, -82.1547 · click any tract to drill in

Why Greenwood scores 4.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
10.0% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$995 rent vs county FMR
5.1
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.
Greenwood risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.94.9This tracttract 970202Greenwood: 2.72.7Greenwoodparent cityCounty: 5.05.0Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.04.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 38

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 1,132Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 16.70%Avg annual filing rate
  • 17.9%Peak (2014)
  • 209Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 450479702022010: 219 filings (16.15/100 renter HHs)2011: 226 filings (16.67/100 renter HHs)2012: 236 filings (17.40/100 renter HHs)2014: 242 filings (17.85/100 renter HHs)2015: 209 filings (15.41/100 renter HHs)
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Greenwood

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.4/10. 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 Greenwood 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 Greenwood County average of 5.9 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 13.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 38th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

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 45047970202

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45047970202?

Census tract 45047970202 in Greenwood scores 4.9/10 (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 45047970202?

Median gross rent is $995/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 45047970202?

10.0% of residents in tract 45047970202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,069.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 45047970202?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 38th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 45th, household 19th, minority 60th, housing 41th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45047970202?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,132 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45047970202 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 16.70% of renter households, peaking at 17.9% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 45047970202 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.5% 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. 9.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 45047970202 compare to Greenwood overall?

Tract 45047970202 scores 4.9/10, higher than the parent city of Greenwood at 2.7/10. 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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