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Palmetto Glen Eviction Risk: Lower , Socastee

Tract 45051051502 · Horry County, SC · pop 9,218 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Census tract 45051051502 covers part of the Palmetto Glen area of Socastee, SC, and scores 3.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.5/10.

Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 37% Owners 42%
Tract context
Occupied units3,798
Renter share57.9%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate11.9%
Median income$57,291

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Palmetto Glen
Moderate
Within parent city
20 th percentile
Rank, 20th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 6 tracts In Socastee
Low
Within county
59 th percentile
Rank, 59th percentileLowHigh
#32 of 77 tracts In Horry County
Elevated
Within state
55 th percentile
Rank, 55th percentileLowHigh
#593 of 1,317 tracts In South Carolina
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Socastee and the region

Centroid at 33.6708, -78.9839 · click any tract to drill in

Why Palmetto Glen scores 3.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Socastee
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.3
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
11.9% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$1,295 rent vs county FMR
4.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Socastee
5.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Socastee
7.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Socastee
5.7

How Palmetto Glen compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Palmetto Glen risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.9This tracttract 0515023.8Socasteeparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county4.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 85

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)

  • 4,106Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 45.65%Avg annual filing rate
  • 57.8%Peak (2011)
  • 638Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2014
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 45051051502
Filings dropped 32% 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 Palmetto Glen

Cost burden runs 36% here against 44.6% across Horry County. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.1/10.

12% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 4,106 filings here across 5 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2011 at 57.8% of renter households.

In a typical year about 45.6% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 40th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 8.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Horry County average of 3.8 closely. Average gross rent is $1,295, close to the Socastee average.

Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $57,291. 58% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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 45051051502

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45051051502?

Census tract 45051051502 in the Palmetto Glen neighborhood scores 3.9/10 (Lower 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 45051051502?

Median gross rent is $1,295/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 45051051502?

11.9% of residents in tract 45051051502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 9,218.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 45051051502?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 80th, minority 49th, housing 82th.
Q5

Is tract 45051051502 considered part of Palmetto Glen?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45051051502 fall within Palmetto Glen (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45051051502?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 4,106 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45051051502 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 45.65% of renter households, peaking at 57.8% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 45051051502 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.8% 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. 7.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 45051051502 compare to Socastee overall?

Tract 45051051502 scores 3.9/10, right in line with the parent city of Socastee at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Socastee eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Socastee

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

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