Waverly Station Eviction Risk: Moderate , Greenwood

Housing insecurity runs 35.8% against 14.2% nationally. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.4/10.

52% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Greenwood County average of 38.4%. 27% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Set annual rent against average income of $20,598 and the ratio lands at 39%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.

78% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. The poverty rate is 34%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Against the Greenwood County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.7 points. Sitting well above the midpoint, economic stress reads 8.5/10.

Adults with no health insurance runs 25.7% against 11.3% nationally. At $670 a month, rents run 20% under what the rest of Greenwood commands.

The filing record is not thin: 2,515 evictions over 5 years of observation.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.