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Census Tract · Ranked #52,479 of 84,120 nationally

Pelion Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 45063020904 · Lexington County, SC · pop 2,791 · 14% of tract blocks fall in Pelion

45063020904 is a census tract in Pelion, SC. It scores 3.8/10 for landlords. 8% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well under the Lexington County average of 37.2%.

Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1% Stable renters 15% Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units1,005
Renter share16.2%
SVI overall0.48
Poverty rate14.0%
Median income$61,449

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Pelion
Very Low
Within county
55 th percentile
Rank, 55th percentileLowHigh
#42 of 92 tracts In Lexington County
Moderate
Within state
53 th percentile
Rank, 53rd percentileLowHigh
#624 of 1,317 tracts In South Carolina
Moderate
National
38 th percentile
Rank, 38th percentileLowHigh
#52,479 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Pelion and the region

Centroid at 33.7310, -81.2107 · click any tract to drill in

Why Pelion scores 3.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Pelion
4.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.5
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
14.0% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$679 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Pelion
1.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Pelion
3.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Pelion
4.3

How Pelion compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Pelion risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.8This tracttract 0209043.2Pelionparent city3.9Countyavg tract in county4.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 48

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)

  • 167Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 28.04%Avg annual filing rate
  • 35.8%Peak (2011)
  • 32Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2014
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 45063020904
Filings climbed 19% 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 Pelion

The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.6/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10.

Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.8/10. At $679 a month, rents run 24% under what the rest of Pelion commands. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 167 filings here across 5 tracked years.

The worst year on record was 2011, when 35.8% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 28.0% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #52,479 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 16% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.3/10. Against average income of $61,449, annual rent is just 13%.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 45063020904

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45063020904?

Census tract 45063020904 in Pelion scores 3.8/10 (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 45063020904?

Median gross rent is $679/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 8% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 45063020904?

14.0% of residents in tract 45063020904 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,791.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 45063020904?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 41th, household 68th, minority 38th, housing 46th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45063020904?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 167 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45063020904 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 28.04% of renter households, peaking at 35.8% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 45063020904 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.6% 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.
Q7

How does tract 45063020904 compare to Pelion overall?

Tract 45063020904 scores 3.8/10, higher than the parent city of Pelion at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Pelion; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Pelion

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

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