Lexington Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 45063021031 · Lexington County, SC · pop 4,131 · 90% of tract blocks fall in Lexington
Census tract 45063021031 covers Lexington, home to 4,131 residents. For landlords it grades 5.8/10, a moderate reading. On the national scale it ranks #27,803 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 51% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 38% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,387 monthly, set against $83,750 in average yearly household income, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 30% of occupied homes.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across Lexington and the region
Centroid at 33.9906, -81.2175 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lexington scores 2.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow Lexington compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 30
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 11%Socioeconomic
- 52%Household composition
- 15%Racial/ethnic minority
- 65%Housing & transportation
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)
- 508Total filings over 5 yrs
- 27.21%Avg annual filing rate
- 28.7%Peak (2010)
- 106Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
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
- 5.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.3%Food insecurity
- 4.5%SNAP enrollment
- 5.2%Transit barriers
- 7.7%No health insurance
- 14.5%Frequent mental distress
- 25.8%Any disability
What drives eviction risk in Lexington
What moves this score most is 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 above 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 riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 30th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 508 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 27.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 28.7% of renter households in 2010.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
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Highest-risk tracts in Lexington
Top eight tracts in Lexington ranked by composite eviction-risk score.