Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Loris Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 45051020202 · Horry County, SC · pop 3,237 · 67% of tract blocks fall in Loris
Tract 45051020202 sits in Loris, SC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.4/10. It is home to 3,237 residents. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.5/10.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units1,450
Renter share40.3%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate20.2%
Median income$37,939
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
97
th percentile
Very High
Within state
93
th percentile
Very High
National
70
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Loris and the region
Centroid at 34.0569, -78.8857 · click any tract to drill in
Why Loris scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Loris
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.3
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
20.2% poverty · this tract
5.1
Supply constraint
$707 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Loris
5.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Loris
8.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Loris
7.2
How Loris compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 95
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 79%Socioeconomic
- 98%Household composition
- 59%Racial/ethnic minority
- 94%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.
- 15.3%Housing insecurity
- 10.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 21.9%Food insecurity
- 14.2%SNAP enrollment
- 9.9%Transit barriers
- 14.3%No health insurance
- 17.7%Frequent mental distress
- 36.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Loris
Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.9/10.
The severe-burden share is 19%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Against the Horry County average of 3.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.6 points. The poverty rate is 20%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.5/10. Statewide the SC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 48% of renters.
Average gross rent is $707, close to the Loris average. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $37,939.
40% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 45051020202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45051020202?
Census tract 45051020202 in Loris 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 45051020202?
Median gross rent is $707/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45051020202?
20.2% of residents in tract 45051020202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,237.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45051020202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 98th, minority 59th, housing 94th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 45051020202 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.3% 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. 10.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 45051020202 compare to Loris overall?
Tract 45051020202 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Loris at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Loris; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Loris
Top eight tracts in Loris ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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