Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #46,312 of 84,120 nationally
Summit Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 45063021305 · Lexington County, SC · pop 3,023 · 17% of tract blocks fall in Summit
Census tract 45063021305 runs through Summit. With 3,023 residents, it scores 4.5/10 for landlords. It lands near the 22nd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 24% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 6% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,010 a month against an average household income of $55,968 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 19% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units1,134
Renter share18.5%
SVI overall0.71
Poverty rate18.4%
Median income$55,968
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
66
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
44
th percentile
Moderate
National
45
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Summit and the region
Centroid at 33.9091, -81.4355 · click any tract to drill in
Why Summit scores 3.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Summit
4.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.5
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
18.4% poverty · this tract
4.6
Supply constraint
$1,010 rent vs county FMR
2.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Summit
1.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Summit
3.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Summit
2.6
How Summit compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 71
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 70%Socioeconomic
- 89%Household composition
- 40%Racial/ethnic minority
- 50%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)
- 167Total filings over 5 yrs
- 15.14%Avg annual filing rate
- 21.8%Peak (2014)
- 46Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 13.5%Housing insecurity
- 9.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.1%Food insecurity
- 11.0%SNAP enrollment
- 8.9%Transit barriers
- 12.4%No health insurance
- 18.9%Frequent mental distress
- 33.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Summit
What moves this score most is economic stress at 4.6/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Summit, 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 71st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 13.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 45063021305
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45063021305?
Census tract 45063021305 in Summit scores 3.7/10 (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 45063021305?
Median gross rent is $1,010/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 24% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45063021305?
18.4% of residents in tract 45063021305 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,023.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45063021305?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 71th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 70th, household 89th, minority 40th, housing 50th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45063021305?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 167 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45063021305 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 15.14% of renter households, peaking at 21.8% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45063021305 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.5% 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. 9.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 45063021305 compare to Summit overall?
Tract 45063021305 scores 3.7/10, higher than the parent city of Summit at 1.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Summit; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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