Within county
74
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #42,763 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 45063021307 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 45063021307 · Lexington County, SC · pop 1,805
Tract 45063021307 covers Lexington in South Carolina. Home to 1,805 residents, it scores 4.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 28% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
18% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 6% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $874 a month while the average household earns $61,510 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 18% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units653
Renter share18.1%
SVI overall0.50
Poverty rate19.7%
Median income$61,510
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
49
th percentile
Moderate
National
49
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lexington County and the region
Centroid at 33.8643, -81.4267 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 45063021307 scores 3.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
2.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.5
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
19.7% poverty · this tract
4.9
Supply constraint
$874 rent vs county FMR
1.7
Rent control risk
State baseline
2.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 45063021307 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 50
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 85%Socioeconomic
- 56%Household composition
- 20%Racial/ethnic minority
- 11%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)
- 135Total filings over 5 yrs
- 16.71%Avg annual filing rate
- 23.5%Peak (2014)
- 38Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 27% 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.
- 14.3%Housing insecurity
- 9.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.3%Food insecurity
- 12.5%SNAP enrollment
- 9.7%Transit barriers
- 14.4%No health insurance
- 18.6%Frequent mental distress
- 35.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 45063021307
What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at $1/10. 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 set by South Carolina eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 14.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 135 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 16.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 23.5% of renter households in 2014.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 45063021307
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45063021307?
Census tract 45063021307 in Lexington County scores 3.9/10 (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 45063021307?
Median gross rent is $874/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 18% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45063021307?
19.7% of residents in tract 45063021307 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,805.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45063021307?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 50th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 56th, minority 20th, housing 11th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45063021307?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 135 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45063021307 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 16.71% of renter households, peaking at 23.5% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45063021307 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.3% 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. 9.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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