Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #23,554 of 84,120 nationally
Ridgeland Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 45053950203 · Jasper County, SC · pop 4,682 · 44% of tract blocks fall in Ridgeland
Tract 45053950203 covers Ridgeland in South Carolina. Home to 4,682 residents, it scores 5.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 59% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
36% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 4% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $43,578 a year. About 17% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units1,765
Renter share16.7%
SVI overall0.82
Poverty rate19.9%
Median income$43,578
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
80
th percentile
High
National
72
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ridgeland and the region
Centroid at 32.4996, -80.9090 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ridgeland scores 5.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Ridgeland
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
19.9% poverty · this tract
5.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ridgeland
1.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ridgeland
8.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ridgeland
5.0
How Ridgeland compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 82
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 57%Socioeconomic
- 64%Household composition
- 83%Racial/ethnic minority
- 97%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.
- 20.0%Housing insecurity
- 13.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 25.7%Food insecurity
- 15.4%SNAP enrollment
- 11.9%Transit barriers
- 16.7%No health insurance
- 17.1%Frequent mental distress
- 33.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ridgeland
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.7/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Ridgeland, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Jasper County average of 5.5 and in line with the South Carolina statewide average of 5.5. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 20.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 13.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 82nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 45053950203
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45053950203?
Census tract 45053950203 in Ridgeland scores 5.1/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 45053950203?
19.9% of residents in tract 45053950203 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,682.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 45053950203?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 57th, household 64th, minority 83th, housing 97th.
Q4
What share of households in tract 45053950203 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.0% 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. 13.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q5
How does tract 45053950203 compare to Ridgeland overall?
Tract 45053950203 scores 5.1/10, higher than the parent city of Ridgeland at 2.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ridgeland; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Ridgeland
Top eight tracts in Ridgeland ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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