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Census Tract · Ranked #65,113 of 84,120 nationally

Lexington Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 45063021028 · Lexington County, SC · pop 4,948 · 28% of tract blocks fall in Lexington

Tract 45063021028, home to 4,948 residents in Lexington in Lexington County, scores 5.2/10 for landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #46,507 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

About 38% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $900 a month while the average household earns $74,132 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. Renters make up 26% of occupied homes.

Risk score
2.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10% Stable renters 16% Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units1,895
Renter share25.9%
SVI overall0.51
Poverty rate6.9%
Median income$74,132

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
79 th percentile
Rank, 79th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 15 tracts In Lexington
High
Within county
36 th percentile
Rank, 36th percentileLowHigh
#59 of 92 tracts In Lexington County
Low
Within state
18 th percentile
Rank, 18th percentileLowHigh
#1,078 of 1,317 tracts In South Carolina
Very Low
National
23 th percentile
Rank, 23rd percentileLowHigh
#65,113 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Lexington and the region

Centroid at 33.9761, -81.2676 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lexington scores 2.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Lexington
4.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.5
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
6.9% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$900 rent vs county FMR
1.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lexington
5.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lexington
7.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lexington
4.8

How Lexington compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Lexington risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 2.62.6This tracttract 021028Lexington: 2.32.3Lexingtonparent cityCounty: 3.13.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.04.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 51

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 310Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 15.36%Avg annual filing rate
  • 18.0%Peak (2013)
  • 66Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2014
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 450630210282010: 45 filings (8.51/100 renter HHs)2011: 66 filings (17.01/100 renter HHs)2012: 63 filings (16.24/100 renter HHs)2013: 70 filings (18.04/100 renter HHs)2014: 66 filings (17.01/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 47% 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lexington

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 7.2/10. 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 Lexington 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 Lexington County average of 5.3 and in line with 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 51st 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 8.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.4% 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 45063021028

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45063021028?

Census tract 45063021028 in Lexington scores 2.6/10 (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 45063021028?

Median gross rent is $900/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 45063021028?

6.9% of residents in tract 45063021028 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,948.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 45063021028?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 15th, household 62th, minority 32th, housing 92th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45063021028?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 310 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45063021028 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 15.36% of renter households, peaking at 18.0% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 45063021028 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.5% 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. 5.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 45063021028 compare to Lexington overall?

Tract 45063021028 scores 2.6/10, higher than the parent city of Lexington at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lexington eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Lexington

Top eight tracts in Lexington ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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