Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #46,312 of 84,120 nationally
Mountville Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 45059921001 · Laurens County, SC · pop 2,666 · 10% of tract blocks fall in Mountville
How risky is Mountville for landlords? Census tract 45059921001 scores 4.3/10, the Moderate tier. On the national scale it ranks #69,576 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 12% of renter households, a modest level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $710 monthly, set against $64,413 in average yearly household income, roughly 13% of income at the averages. Renters make up 17% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units1,103
Renter share16.5%
SVI overall0.63
Poverty rate17.9%
Median income$64,413
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
42
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
44
th percentile
Moderate
National
45
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mountville and the region
Centroid at 34.3629, -82.0389 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mountville scores 3.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Mountville
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.4
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
17.9% poverty · this tract
4.5
Supply constraint
$710 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Mountville
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Mountville
6.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Mountville
2.3
How Mountville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 63
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 72%Socioeconomic
- 68%Household composition
- 58%Racial/ethnic minority
- 35%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)
- 147Total filings over 5 yrs
- 15.75%Avg annual filing rate
- 20.2%Peak (2014)
- 26Filings 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.
- 13.5%Housing insecurity
- 9.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.9%Food insecurity
- 11.7%SNAP enrollment
- 9.1%Transit barriers
- 11.7%No health insurance
- 16.2%Frequent mental distress
- 38.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mountville
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 6.3/10. 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 Mountville, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Laurens County average of 5.6 and below the South Carolina statewide average of 5.5. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 147 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 15.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 20.2% of renter households in 2014.
In CDC survey modeling, about 13.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.2% 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 45059921001
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45059921001?
Census tract 45059921001 in Mountville scores 3.7/10 (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 45059921001?
Median gross rent is $710/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 12% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45059921001?
17.9% of residents in tract 45059921001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,666.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45059921001?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 68th, minority 58th, housing 35th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45059921001?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 147 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45059921001 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 15.75% of renter households, peaking at 20.2% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45059921001 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.5% 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. 9.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 45059921001 compare to Mountville overall?
Tract 45059921001 scores 3.7/10, higher than the parent city of Mountville at 2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Mountville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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