Within parent city
25
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #59,654 of 84,120 nationally
Laurens Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 45059920301 · Laurens County, SC · pop 3,877 · 25% of tract blocks fall in Laurens
With a score of 3.4/10, tract 45059920301 in Laurens, SC reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Against Laurens County at 36.0%, about one in five of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units1,655
Renter share20.0%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate11.1%
Median income$54,698
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
47
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
40
th percentile
Moderate
National
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Laurens and the region
Centroid at 34.4807, -82.0822 · click any tract to drill in
Why Laurens scores 3.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Laurens
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.4
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
11.1% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$756 rent vs county FMR
3.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Laurens
5.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Laurens
9.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Laurens
6.8
How Laurens compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 52
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 42%Socioeconomic
- 65%Household composition
- 46%Racial/ethnic minority
- 53%Housing & transportation
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)
- 621Total filings over 5 yrs
- 41.08%Avg annual filing rate
- 52.0%Peak (2014)
- 126Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 30% over the past 5 months.
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.
- 12.2%Housing insecurity
- 7.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.4%Food insecurity
- 9.2%SNAP enrollment
- 8.0%Transit barriers
- 11.3%No health insurance
- 16.4%Frequent mental distress
- 35.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Laurens
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.7/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.4/10.
Running cool, state political climate reads 2.1/10. The filing record is not thin: 621 evictions over 5 years of observation. Average gross rent is $756, 9% below the Laurens average.
The worst year on record was 2014, when 52.0% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 41.1% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 29th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
At 20% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 5.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Against average income of $54,698, annual rent is just 17%. It tracks the Laurens County average of 3.8 closely.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 45059920301
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45059920301?
Census tract 45059920301 in Laurens scores 3.4/10 (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 45059920301?
Median gross rent is $756/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 19% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45059920301?
11.1% of residents in tract 45059920301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,877.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45059920301?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 42th, household 65th, minority 46th, housing 53th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45059920301?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 621 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45059920301 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 41.08% of renter households, peaking at 52.0% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45059920301 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.2% 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. 7.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 45059920301 compare to Laurens overall?
Tract 45059920301 scores 3.4/10, lower than the parent city of Laurens at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Laurens; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Laurens
Top eight tracts in Laurens ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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