Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Clinton Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 45059920600 · Laurens County, SC · pop 3,739 · 41% of tract blocks fall in Clinton
Census tract 45059920600 covers part of Clinton, SC, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,739. Severe burden reaches 38%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units1,579
Renter share40.5%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate36.7%
Median income$32,799
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
93
th percentile
Very High
National
70
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Clinton and the region
Centroid at 34.5100, -81.7986 · click any tract to drill in
Why Clinton scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Clinton
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.4
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
36.7% poverty · this tract
9.2
Supply constraint
$838 rent vs county FMR
4.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Clinton
6.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Clinton
9.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Clinton
7.8
How Clinton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 92
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 93%Socioeconomic
- 88%Household composition
- 52%Racial/ethnic minority
- 85%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)
- 1,138Total filings over 5 yrs
- 38.93%Avg annual filing rate
- 41.4%Peak (2012)
- 216Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 18.6%Housing insecurity
- 13.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 28.3%Food insecurity
- 21.3%SNAP enrollment
- 13.3%Transit barriers
- 15.6%No health insurance
- 19.5%Frequent mental distress
- 44.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Clinton
Against Laurens County at 36.0%, 57% of renters here are cost-burdened. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.7/10. On the high side, economic stress reads 9.2/10.
The poverty rate is 37%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.1/10. Against the Laurens County average of 3.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.6 points.
Disability prevalence runs 44.5% against 31.5% nationally. Food insecurity runs 28.3% against 17.8% nationally.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,138 filings here across 5 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2012 at 41.4% of renter households. In a typical year about 38.9% of renter households face a filing.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 45059920600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45059920600?
Census tract 45059920600 in Clinton scores 5.4/10 (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 45059920600?
Median gross rent is $838/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45059920600?
36.7% of residents in tract 45059920600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,739.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45059920600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 88th, minority 52th, housing 85th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45059920600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,138 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45059920600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 38.93% of renter households, peaking at 41.4% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45059920600 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.6% 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. 13.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 45059920600 compare to Clinton overall?
Tract 45059920600 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Clinton at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Clinton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Clinton
Top eight tracts in Clinton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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