Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Fountain Inn Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 45045003009 · Greenville County, SC · pop 9,293 · 10% of tract blocks fall in Fountain Inn
Tract 45045003009 sits in Fountain Inn eviction risk, SC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. It is home to 9,293 residents. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.6/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units3,413
Renter share8.8%
SVI overall0.04
Poverty rate2.3%
Median income$110,474
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
9
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
29
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fountain Inn and the region
Centroid at 34.7585, -82.1865 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fountain Inn scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Fountain Inn
4.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.1
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
2.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,472 rent vs county FMR
6.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fountain Inn
6.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fountain Inn
6.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fountain Inn
6.6
How Fountain Inn compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 4
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 4%Socioeconomic
- 25%Household composition
- 25%Racial/ethnic minority
- 7%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 108Total filings 2020-21
- 1.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.89×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Greenville, SC as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
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.
- 7.9%Housing insecurity
- 5.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.9%Food insecurity
- 4.1%SNAP enrollment
- 4.9%Transit barriers
- 7.4%No health insurance
- 14.3%Frequent mental distress
- 23.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fountain Inn
Cost burden runs around a third here against 45.8% across Greenville County. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1/10.
Severe burden reaches 18%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.7/10. At $1,472 a month, rents run 24% over what the rest of Fountain Inn commands.
SNAP participation runs 4.1% against 15.2% nationally. Against the Greenville County average of 4.1, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.1 points. Food insecurity runs 8.9% against 17.8% nationally.
The voucher gap is 12.7%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 9% 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.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 45045003009
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45045003009?
Census tract 45045003009 in Fountain Inn 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 45045003009?
Median gross rent is $1,472/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45045003009?
2.3% of residents in tract 45045003009 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 9,293.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45045003009?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 4th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 25th, minority 25th, housing 7th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 45045003009 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.89× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Greenville eviction risk, SC), 2020-2021.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45045003009 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.9% 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. 5.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 45045003009 compare to Fountain Inn overall?
Tract 45045003009 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Fountain Inn at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fountain Inn eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Fountain Inn
Top eight tracts in Fountain Inn ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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