1 census tracts · pop 7,182 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10
· range 3–3
Southwell maps to a single census tract in Irmo, SC and houses 7,182 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 3/10, in the Lower tier. Against a Irmo baseline of 28.6%, 45% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
The severe-burden share is 32%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. The main counterweight is economic stress, at 1.5/10.
Well under the midpoint is eviction-process difficulty, at 1.9/10. The voucher gap is 19.0%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. The filing record is not thin: 404 evictions logged in this tract.
SNAP participation is 6.3% of households versus 15.2% nationally. The worst year on record was 2013, when filings touched 23.9% of renter households. Recent filings have not receded much: 23.2% in 2014 against a 23.9% peak.
Among the 4 mapped neighborhoods of Irmo, it ranks #4 by risk, the lower third. Only 18% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin here; price renewals off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. The closest comparables inside the same city are Regatta Forest and Quail Valley.
Poverty sits at 6%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
One tract means one number: 3/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
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1 tracts · population-weighted
Southwell vs IrmoHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Southwell scores 3/10 (Lower tier) across 1 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 Southwell compare to Irmo overall?
Southwell scores 0.7 points lower than Irmo overall (3.7/10). Renters spend 45% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,544 vs $1,477.
Q3
What is the average rent in Southwell?
Average gross rent in Southwell is $1,544/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Southwell residents are renters?
18% of Southwell households are renter-occupied (vs 18% in Irmo). The neighborhood has 7,182 residents.
Q5
How safe is Southwell for landlords?
Southwell carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3/10). Pop-weighted across 1 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.
Q6
What is the demographic breakdown of Southwell?
Southwell has 7,168 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (58.6%), Black (non-Hispanic) (32%), Hispanic / Latino (3.8%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
