1 census tracts · pop 4,809 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.7/10
· range 3.7–3.7
The Cottages is a one-tract neighborhood of Laurens, SC, population 4,809. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 3.7/10, in the Lower tier. The strongest single driver of the headline number is tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10.
Well under the midpoint is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.1/10. 14% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate.
32% of renters spend 30% or more of household income on rent. Court records for this tract carry 1,194 eviction filings.
The worst year on record was 2014, when filings touched 29.7% of renter households. Recent filings have not receded much: 22.9% in 2015 against a 29.7% peak. Social vulnerability runs high at 8.6/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.
Rent takes 17% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market. Average gross rent runs $841, close to the Laurens average. 45% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 3.7/10 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
3.7
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
The Cottages vs LaurensHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority62%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport90%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in The Cottages
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
1,194Total filings (sum)
26.54%Avg annual filing rate
29.7%Peak year (2014)
22.90%Latest filed (2015)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in The Cottages
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
15.6%Housing insecurity
10.1%Utility shutoff threat
20.8%Food insecurity
12.4%SNAP enrollment
13.4%No health insurance
38.4%Any disability
Frequently asked
About The Cottages
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for The Cottages?
The Cottages scores 3.7/10 (Lower 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 The Cottages compare to Laurens overall?
The Cottages scores 0.3 points lower than Laurens overall (4/10). Renters spend 32% of income on rent vs 34% citywide. Average rent: $841 vs $833.
Q3
What is the average rent in The Cottages?
Average gross rent in The Cottages is $841/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of The Cottages residents are renters?
45% of The Cottages households are renter-occupied (vs 54% in Laurens). The neighborhood has 4,809 residents.
Q5
Is The Cottages a high social-vulnerability area?
The Cottages sits in the 85th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly 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 The Cottages for landlords?
The Cottages carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.7/10). 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 Laurens as a whole (4/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of The Cottages?
The Cottages has 5,047 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (49.8%), Black (non-Hispanic) (38.1%), Hispanic / Latino (6.4%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
Sibling neighborhoods
Other neighborhoods inside Laurens
Same parent city, ranked by score similarity to The Cottages.
