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Census Tract · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally

Greenwood Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 45047970601 · Greenwood County, SC · pop 5,454 · 44% of tract blocks fall in Greenwood

With a score of 5.1/10, tract 45047970601 in Greenwood, SC reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,454 residents. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.8/10.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8% Stable renters 15% Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units1,913
Renter share22.5%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate18.9%
Median income$36,250

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 11 tracts In Greenwood
Elevated
Within county
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 18 tracts In Greenwood County
High
Within state
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#195 of 1,317 tracts In South Carolina
High
National
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#31,049 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Greenwood and the region

Centroid at 34.1548, -82.0956 · click any tract to drill in

Why Greenwood scores 5.1

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
18.9% poverty · this tract
4.7
Supply constraint
$923 rent vs county FMR
4.4
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 / state5.1This tracttract 9706014.4Greenwoodparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county4.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 83

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

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

Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.4/10. 19% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.1/10.

The poverty rate is 19%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. It sits 1.0 points above the Greenwood County average of 4.1. Food insecurity runs 27.1% against 17.8% nationally.

around a third of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Greenwood County average of 38.4%. Average gross rent is $923, 10% above the Greenwood average.

On the national scale it lands near the 63rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 23% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.5/10.

Statewide the SC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 1.1 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 31% of average household income of $36,250.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 45047970601

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45047970601?

Census tract 45047970601 in Greenwood scores 5.1/10 (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 45047970601?

Median gross rent is $923/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 45047970601?

18.9% of residents in tract 45047970601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,454.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 45047970601?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 70th, minority 66th, housing 75th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 45047970601 struggle to pay rent?

About 18.3% 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. 12.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 45047970601 compare to Greenwood overall?

Tract 45047970601 scores 5.1/10, higher 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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