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Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Laurens Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 45059920501 · Laurens County, SC · pop 1,832 · 2% of tract blocks fall in Laurens

Census tract 45059920501 covers part of Laurens, SC, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,832 residents. Against Laurens County at 36.0%, 12% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2% Stable renters 12% Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units724
Renter share13.8%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate5.8%
Median income$69,630

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 5 tracts In Laurens
Very Low
Within county
21 th percentile
Rank, 21st percentileLowHigh
#16 of 20 tracts In Laurens County
Low
Within state
29 th percentile
Rank, 29th percentileLowHigh
#932 of 1,317 tracts In South Carolina
Low
National
20 th percentile
Rank, 20th percentileLowHigh
#67,219 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Laurens and the region

Centroid at 34.5996, -81.9633 · click any tract to drill in

Why Laurens scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
5.8% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$969 rent vs county FMR
5.4
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.
Laurens risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 9205014.0Laurensparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county4.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 52

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)

  • 32Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 9.45%Avg annual filing rate
  • 18.8%Peak (2011)
  • 6Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 45059920501
Filings climbed 50% 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Laurens

What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.7/10. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.4/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.4/10.

At $969 a month, rents run 16% over what the rest of Laurens commands. Court records carry 32 eviction filings across 5 observed years.

SNAP participation runs 7.4% against 15.2% nationally. Against the Laurens County average of 3.8, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points. Filings peaked in 2011 at 18.8% of renter households.

In a typical year about 9.5% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Only 14% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.7/10.

Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $69,630, an unusually wide affordability cushion.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 45059920501

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45059920501?

Census tract 45059920501 in Laurens scores 3/10 (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 45059920501?

Median gross rent is $969/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 12% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 45059920501?

5.8% of residents in tract 45059920501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,832.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 45059920501?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 47th, household 82th, minority 39th, housing 36th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45059920501?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 32 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45059920501 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.45% of renter households, peaking at 18.8% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 45059920501 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.3% 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. 7.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 45059920501 compare to Laurens overall?

Tract 45059920501 scores 3/10, 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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