Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #76,223 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
Fountain Inn is where census tract 45045003009 sits, home to 9,293 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 5.4/10. It lands near the 52nd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 33% of renter households, a high level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,472 monthly, set against $110,474 in average yearly household income, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 9% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.8
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
7
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
5
th percentile
Very Low
National
9
th percentile
Very 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 1.8
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
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 6.9/10. 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 Fountain Inn eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Greenville County average of 5.6 and in line with the South Carolina statewide average of 5.5. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.89x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 45045003009
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45045003009?
Census tract 45045003009 in Fountain Inn scores 1.8/10 (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 1.8/10, lower than the parent city of Fountain Inn at 2.5/10. 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.
Related
Explore the geography around tract 45045003009
Parent city ↑
Fountain Inn
2.5 / 10
Parent county ↑
Greenville County
Parent state ↑
South Carolina
Sibling tract →
The Cove at Butler Springs
1.9 / 10
Sibling tract →
Cane Brake
1.9 / 10
Sibling tract →
Pennbrooke at Ashby Park
1.9 / 10
Methodology
How the score is built
Interactive map
Explore all 84k tracts