Census Tract · Ranked #7,456 of 84,120 nationally

Greenwood Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 45047970401 · Greenwood County, SC · pop 3,262 · 90% of tract blocks fall in Greenwood

Census tract 45047970401 sits in Greenwood eviction risk, South Carolina eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 6.9/10. It lands near the 93rd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

45% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 30% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $732 a month while the average household earns $40,275 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 68% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

6.5

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 31% Stable renters 37% Owners 32%

Tract context

Occupied units1,246

Renter share67.7%

SVI overall0.90

Poverty rate38.7%

Median income$40,275

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Greenwood and the region

Centroid at 34.1778, -82.1696 · click any tract to drill in

Why Greenwood scores 6.5

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

38.7% poverty · this tract

9.7

Supply constraint

$732 rent vs county FMR

2.5

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: 90

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

90%Socioeconomic
55%Household composition
70%Racial/ethnic minority
93%Housing & transportation

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.

21.2%Housing insecurity
16.6%Utility-shutoff threat
33.1%Food insecurity
26.2%SNAP enrollment
15.1%Transit barriers
17.1%No health insurance
18.7%Frequent mental distress
43.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Greenwood

The heaviest input here is economic stress at 9.7/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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 above 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.

The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 90th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

In CDC survey modeling, about 21.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 16.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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 45047970401

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45047970401?

Census tract 45047970401 in Greenwood scores 6.5/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 45047970401?

Median gross rent is $732/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 45047970401?

38.7% of residents in tract 45047970401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,262.

How socially vulnerable is tract 45047970401?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 55th, minority 70th, housing 93th.

What share of households in tract 45047970401 struggle to pay rent?

About 21.2% 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. 16.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 45047970401 compare to Greenwood overall?

Tract 45047970401 scores 6.5/10, 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.