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Pelican Harbor Eviction Risk: Moderate , Myrtle Beach

Tract 45051050600 · Horry County, SC · pop 4,967 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

With a score of 4.7/10, tract 45051050600 in the Pelican Harbor area of Myrtle Beach, SC reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,967 residents. 70% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Horry County average of 44.6%.

Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 53% Stable renters 22% Owners 25%
Tract context
Occupied units2,299
Renter share75.1%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate37.4%
Median income$23,553

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Pelican Harbor
Moderate
Within parent city
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#3 of 13 tracts In Myrtle Beach
High
Within county
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#11 of 77 tracts In Horry County
High
Within state
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#325 of 1,317 tracts In South Carolina
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Myrtle Beach and the region

Centroid at 33.7042, -78.8901 · click any tract to drill in

Why Pelican Harbor scores 4.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Myrtle Beach
3.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.3
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
37.4% poverty · this tract
9.3
Supply constraint
$871 rent vs county FMR
1.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Myrtle Beach
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Myrtle Beach
2.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Myrtle Beach
2.5

How Pelican Harbor compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Pelican Harbor risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.7This tracttract 0506003.3Myrtle Beachparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county4.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 95

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

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)

  • 1,269Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 20.40%Avg annual filing rate
  • 22.6%Peak (2012)
  • 262Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2014
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 45051050600
Filings climbed 29% over the past 5 months.
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 Pelican Harbor

The severe-burden share is 35%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.5/10. SNAP participation runs 37.3% against 15.2% nationally.

Annualized rent equals 44% of average household income of $23,553, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Sitting well above the midpoint, economic stress reads 9.3/10.

The poverty rate is 37%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. This is renter territory: 75% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

At $871 a month, rents run 31% under what the rest of Myrtle Beach commands. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 23.9% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Against the Horry County average of 3.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 45051050600

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45051050600?

Census tract 45051050600 in the Pelican Harbor neighborhood scores 4.7/10 (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 45051050600?

Median gross rent is $871/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 70% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 45051050600?

37.4% of residents in tract 45051050600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,967.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 45051050600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 66th, minority 81th, housing 98th.
Q5

Is tract 45051050600 considered part of Pelican Harbor?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45051050600 fall within Pelican Harbor (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45051050600?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,269 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45051050600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 20.40% of renter households, peaking at 22.6% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 45051050600 struggle to pay rent?

About 30.7% 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. 23.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 45051050600 compare to Myrtle Beach overall?

Tract 45051050600 scores 4.7/10, higher than the parent city of Myrtle Beach at 3.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Myrtle Beach eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Myrtle Beach

Top eight tracts in Myrtle Beach ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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