Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #48,083 of 84,120 nationally
Princeton Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 45059920201 · Laurens County, SC · pop 3,598 · 4% of tract blocks fall in Princeton
Princeton is where census tract 45059920201 sits, home to 3,598 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 4.3/10. That is riskier than roughly 17% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 27% of renter households, a moderate level, and 7% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $776 a month against an average household income of $58,071 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. About 26% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units1,270
Renter share25.9%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate9.9%
Median income$58,071
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
16
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
40
th percentile
Moderate
National
43
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Princeton and the region
Centroid at 34.4882, -82.2237 · click any tract to drill in
Why Princeton scores 3.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Princeton
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.4
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
9.9% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$776 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Princeton
1.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Princeton
1.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Princeton
2.3
How Princeton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 58
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 76%Socioeconomic
- 66%Household composition
- 9%Racial/ethnic minority
- 37%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)
- 45Total filings over 5 yrs
- 6.61%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.2%Peak (2010)
- 5Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 50% 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.
- 11.7%Housing insecurity
- 7.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.8%Food insecurity
- 9.8%SNAP enrollment
- 8.2%Transit barriers
- 12.5%No health insurance
- 17.4%Frequent mental distress
- 37.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Princeton
The heaviest input here is supply constraint at 3.3/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Princeton, 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 58th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.6% 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 45059920201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45059920201?
Census tract 45059920201 in Princeton scores 3.6/10 (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 45059920201?
Median gross rent is $776/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45059920201?
9.9% of residents in tract 45059920201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,598.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45059920201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 66th, minority 9th, housing 37th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45059920201?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 45 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45059920201 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.61% of renter households, peaking at 5.2% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45059920201 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.7% 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. 7.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 45059920201 compare to Princeton overall?
Tract 45059920201 scores 3.6/10, higher than the parent city of Princeton at 1.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Princeton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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