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Neighborhood · Carolina Forest, SC

Indigo Bay Eviction Risk: Moderate

1 census tracts · pop 8,691 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4/10 · range 4–4

Indigo Bay maps to a single census tract in Carolina Forest, SC, population 8,691. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 4/10, in the Moderate tier. Against a Carolina Forest baseline of 27.4%, 58% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.

The severe-burden share is 37%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. The clearest offset is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.1/10.

The voucher gap is 19.1%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. Court records for this tract carry 312 eviction filings. The poverty rate is 17%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest.

The worst year on record was 2014, when filings touched 19.1% of renter households. Among the 4 mapped neighborhoods of Carolina Forest, it ranks #2 by risk, the middle third.

Judgments average 3.9% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. Only 20% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin here; price renewals off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. The closest comparables inside the same city are Sawgrass East and Heatherstone.

Average gross rent runs $1,674, close to the Carolina Forest average. Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $80,838.

Because the boundary contains one tract, 4/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score
4
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Indigo Bay vs Carolina Forest How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
58.3% +113%
Carolina Forest: 27.4%
Average gross rent
$1,674 +0%
Carolina Forest: $1,668
Average HH income
$80,838 +14%
Carolina Forest: $70,647
Poverty rate
16.9% +20%
Carolina Forest: 14.0%
Renter share
20.3% -33%
Carolina Forest: 30.4%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Indigo Bay and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 4–4

Why Indigo Bay scores 4

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 2.1–2.1 across tracts
2.1
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 3.3–3.3 across tracts
3.3
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 4.0–4.0 across tracts
4.0
Rent control risk
58% of income on rent · Range 6.0–6.0 across tracts
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 2.1–2.1 across tracts
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
20% renter households · Range 6.6–6.6 across tracts
6.6
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 6.2–6.2 across tracts
6.2
Economic stress
16.9% below poverty line · Range 4.2–4.2 across tracts
4.2
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 6.9–6.9 across tracts
6.9
Risk score comparison

Indigo Bay vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Indigo Bay score vs. parent city, state, U.S.4.0Indigo BayNeighborhood4.0Parent cityhost city3.8Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

1 tracts in Indigo Bay

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract↕ Score↕ Pop↕ % over 30% on rent↕ Average rent↕
45051060207 4 8,691 58% $1,674
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 51

Pop-weighted across 1 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 66%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 67%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 32%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 24%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Indigo Bay

Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 312Total filings (sum)
  • 13.14%Avg annual filing rate
  • 19.1%Peak year (2014)
  • 19.14%Latest filed (2014)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Indigo Bay

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Indigo Bay

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Indigo Bay?

Indigo Bay scores 4/10 (Moderate tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2

How does Indigo Bay compare to Carolina Forest overall?

Indigo Bay scores 0.0 points higher than Carolina Forest overall (4/10). Renters spend 58% of income on rent vs 27% citywide. Average rent: $1,674 vs $1,668.
Q3

What is the average rent in Indigo Bay?

Average gross rent in Indigo Bay is $1,674/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Indigo Bay residents are renters?

20% of Indigo Bay households are renter-occupied (vs 30% in Carolina Forest). The neighborhood has 8,691 residents.
Q5

Is Indigo Bay a high social-vulnerability area?

Indigo Bay sits in the 51st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

How safe is Indigo Bay for landlords?

Indigo Bay carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Carolina Forest as a whole (4/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q7

What is the demographic breakdown of Indigo Bay?

Indigo Bay has 8,748 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (81.5%), Black (non-Hispanic) (7.1%), Hispanic / Latino (6.9%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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