Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #15,522 of 84,120 nationally
Laurens Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 45059920302 · Laurens County, SC · pop 4,853 · 32% of tract blocks fall in Laurens
Census tract 45059920302 covers Laurens, home to 4,853 residents. For landlords it grades 6.6/10, an elevated reading. That is riskier than about 88% of US census tracts.
About 57% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $730 a month against an average household income of $42,278 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. About 35% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units1,727
Renter share34.7%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate30.5%
Median income$42,278
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
95
th percentile
Very High
Within state
90
th percentile
Very High
National
82
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Laurens and the region
Centroid at 34.4434, -81.9881 · click any tract to drill in
Why Laurens scores 5.7
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
30.5% poverty · this tract
7.6
Supply constraint
$730 rent vs county FMR
2.8
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: 89
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 83%Socioeconomic
- 84%Household composition
- 57%Racial/ethnic minority
- 90%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)
- 853Total filings over 5 yrs
- 33.88%Avg annual filing rate
- 42.6%Peak (2011)
- 127Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 28% 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.
- 19.7%Housing insecurity
- 13.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 28.0%Food insecurity
- 19.6%SNAP enrollment
- 13.1%Transit barriers
- 15.8%No health insurance
- 18.7%Frequent mental distress
- 41.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Laurens
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.4/10. 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 Laurens, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Laurens County average of 5.6 and above the South Carolina statewide average of 5.5. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 89th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 19.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 13.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 45059920302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45059920302?
Census tract 45059920302 in Laurens scores 5.7/10 (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 45059920302?
Median gross rent is $730/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45059920302?
30.5% of residents in tract 45059920302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,853.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45059920302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 84th, minority 57th, housing 90th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45059920302?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 853 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45059920302 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 33.88% of renter households, peaking at 42.6% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45059920302 struggle to pay rent?
About 19.7% 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. 13.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 45059920302 compare to Laurens overall?
Tract 45059920302 scores 5.7/10, higher than the parent city of Laurens at 2.4/10. 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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