Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #31,159 of 84,120 nationally
Batesburg-Leesville Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 45063021403 · Lexington County, SC · pop 2,346 · 1% of tract blocks fall in Batesburg-Leesville
Census tract 45063021403 runs through Batesburg-Leesville in Lexington County. With 2,346 residents, it scores $1/10 for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #52,463 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
6% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,195 monthly, set against $44,951 in average yearly household income, roughly 32% of income at the averages. About 23% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units915
Renter share22.5%
SVI overall0.71
Poverty rate19.1%
Median income$44,951
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
88
th percentile
High
Within state
67
th percentile
Elevated
National
63
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Batesburg-Leesville and the region
Centroid at 33.8469, -81.5057 · click any tract to drill in
Why Batesburg-Leesville scores 4.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Batesburg-Leesville
3.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.5
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
19.1% poverty · this tract
4.8
Supply constraint
$1,195 rent vs county FMR
4.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Batesburg-Leesville
7.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Batesburg-Leesville
6.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Batesburg-Leesville
7.7
How Batesburg-Leesville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 71
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 75%Socioeconomic
- 80%Household composition
- 54%Racial/ethnic minority
- 44%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)
- 82Total filings over 5 yrs
- 5.83%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.8%Peak (2014)
- 21Filings in 2014 (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.
- 17.3%Housing insecurity
- 11.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 25.2%Food insecurity
- 16.9%SNAP enrollment
- 11.7%Transit barriers
- 17.4%No health insurance
- 19.7%Frequent mental distress
- 38.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Batesburg-Leesville
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 7.8/10. 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 Batesburg-Leesville, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Lexington County average of 5.3 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 82 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 5.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 6.8% of renter households in 2014.
In CDC survey modeling, about 17.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 11.8% 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 45063021403
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45063021403?
Census tract 45063021403 in Batesburg-Leesville scores 4.6/10 (Moderate 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 45063021403?
Median gross rent is $1,195/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 6% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45063021403?
19.1% of residents in tract 45063021403 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,346.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45063021403?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 71th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 80th, minority 54th, housing 44th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45063021403?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 82 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45063021403 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.83% of renter households, peaking at 6.8% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45063021403 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.3% 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. 11.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 45063021403 compare to Batesburg-Leesville overall?
Tract 45063021403 scores 4.6/10, higher than the parent city of Batesburg-Leesville at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Batesburg-Leesville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Batesburg-Leesville
Top eight tracts in Batesburg-Leesville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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