2 census tracts · pop 6,076 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10
· range 3–3.1
Regatta Forest takes in 2 census tracts of Irmo, SC, population 6,076. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 3/10, in the Lower tier. At $677 a month, rents sit 54% under what the rest of Irmo commands.
17% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, clearly below the Irmo rate of 28.6%. The clearest offset is economic stress, at 1.6/10.
SNAP participation is 3.7% of households versus 15.2% nationally. Filings are well documented here: 255 across 2 observed tracts.
Food insecurity affects 7.8% of adults, 10.0 points below the national rate. The voucher gap is 12.1%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears.
Filing activity peaked in 2014 at 69.0% of renter households. Among the 4 mapped neighborhoods of Irmo, it ranks #4 by risk, the lower third.
Judgments average 3.6% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. At 28% renter-occupied, this is predominantly owner territory, and rental comps have to be drawn from further out. For a like-for-like read, Southwell and Quail Valley score within a fraction of it.
Against average income of $98,889, annual rent is only 8%, a wide affordability cushion.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
3
Lower
2 tracts · population-weighted
Regatta Forest vs IrmoHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority34%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport42%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Regatta Forest
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
255Total filings (sum)
31.56%Avg annual filing rate
69.0%Peak year (2014)
43.31%Latest filed (2014)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Regatta Forest
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
6.6%Housing insecurity
4.3%Utility shutoff threat
7.6%Food insecurity
3.5%SNAP enrollment
6.2%No health insurance
23.1%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Regatta Forest
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Regatta Forest?
Regatta Forest scores 3/10 (Lower tier) across 2 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Regatta Forest compare to Irmo overall?
Regatta Forest scores 0.7 points lower than Irmo overall (3.7/10). Renters spend 17% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $677 vs $1,477.
Q3
What is the average rent in Regatta Forest?
Average gross rent in Regatta Forest is $677/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 17% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Regatta Forest residents are renters?
28% of Regatta Forest households are renter-occupied (vs 18% in Irmo). The neighborhood has 6,076 residents.
Q5
Is Regatta Forest a high social-vulnerability area?
Regatta Forest sits in the 18th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Regatta Forest have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Regatta Forest is census tract 45063021115 (score 3.1/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 3.1, a spread of 0.1 points.
Q7
How safe is Regatta Forest for landlords?
Regatta Forest carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Irmo as a whole (3.7/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Regatta Forest?
Regatta Forest has 6,345 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (82.1%), Black (non-Hispanic) (8.7%), Hispanic / Latino (4.2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
