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

Clinton Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 45059920800 · Laurens County, SC · pop 5,111 · 60% of tract blocks fall in Clinton

Tract 45059920800 sits in Clinton, SC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. It is home to 5,111 residents. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.7/10.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9% Stable renters 12% Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units1,691
Renter share20.6%
SVI overall0.57
Poverty rate8.4%
Median income$64,744

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Clinton
Very Low
Within county
11 th percentile
Rank, 11th percentileLowHigh
#18 of 20 tracts In Laurens County
Very 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 Clinton and the region

Centroid at 34.4227, -81.8992 · click any tract to drill in

Why Clinton scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
8.4% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$887 rent vs county FMR
4.5
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.
Clinton risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 9208004.0Clintonparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county4.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 57

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)

  • 519Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 18.38%Avg annual filing rate
  • 19.2%Peak (2011)
  • 99Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 45059920800
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Clinton

31% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.1/10. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.8/10.

Cost burden runs 42% here against 36.0% across Laurens County. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 519 filings here across 5 tracked years.

SNAP participation runs 7.0% against 15.2% nationally. It sits 0.8 points below the Laurens County average of 3.8.

The worst year on record was 2011, when 19.2% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 18.4% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

At 21% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 6.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $64,744, an unusually wide affordability cushion.

Statewide the SC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 1.0 points cooler. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 45059920800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45059920800?

Census tract 45059920800 in Clinton 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 45059920800?

Median gross rent is $887/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 45059920800?

8.4% of residents in tract 45059920800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,111.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 45059920800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 57th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 36th, household 57th, minority 48th, housing 80th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45059920800?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 519 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45059920800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 18.38% of renter households, peaking at 19.2% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 45059920800 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.9% 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. 6.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 45059920800 compare to Clinton overall?

Tract 45059920800 scores 3/10, lower 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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