Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Ware Shoals Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 45047970102 · Greenwood County, SC · pop 4,733 · 42% of tract blocks fall in Ware Shoals
Census tract 45047970102 covers part of Ware Shoals, SC, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.8/10.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units1,945
Renter share27.6%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate28.2%
Median income$45,142
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
82
th percentile
High
Within state
93
th percentile
Very High
National
70
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ware Shoals and the region
Centroid at 34.3181, -82.2696 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ware Shoals scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Ware Shoals
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.9
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
28.2% poverty · this tract
7.0
Supply constraint
$843 rent vs county FMR
3.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ware Shoals
8.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ware Shoals
7.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ware Shoals
9.1
How Ware Shoals compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 86
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 77%Socioeconomic
- 83%Household composition
- 47%Racial/ethnic minority
- 91%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)
- 270Total filings over 5 yrs
- 9.58%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.1%Peak (2014)
- 63Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 47% 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.
- 16.3%Housing insecurity
- 11.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 24.2%Food insecurity
- 16.9%SNAP enrollment
- 11.1%Transit barriers
- 13.5%No health insurance
- 18.6%Frequent mental distress
- 38.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ware Shoals
Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 9.1/10. The poverty rate is 28%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.4/10.
It sits 1.3 points above the Greenwood County average of 4.1. Severe burden reaches 13%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Court records carry 270 eviction filings across 5 observed years. The worst year on record was 2014, when 11.1% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 9.6% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 70% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Social vulnerability reads 8.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the SC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
37% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 45047970102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45047970102?
Census tract 45047970102 in Ware Shoals scores 5.4/10 (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 45047970102?
Median gross rent is $843/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45047970102?
28.2% of residents in tract 45047970102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,733.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45047970102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 83th, minority 47th, housing 91th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45047970102?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 270 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45047970102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.58% of renter households, peaking at 11.1% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45047970102 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.3% 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. 11.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 45047970102 compare to Ware Shoals overall?
Tract 45047970102 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Ware Shoals at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ware Shoals; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Ware Shoals
Top eight tracts in Ware Shoals ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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