Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally
Westwood Hills Eviction Risk: Lower , West Columbia
Tract 45063020508 · Lexington County, SC · pop 2,054 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
45063020508 is a census tract in the Westwood Hills area of West Columbia, SC. It scores 3.2/10 for landlords. The severe-burden share is 39%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units895
Renter share13.1%
SVI overall0.49
Poverty rate1.7%
Median income$75,901
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
37
th percentile
Low
Within state
35
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across West Columbia and the region
Centroid at 34.0049, -81.0987 · click any tract to drill in
Why Westwood Hills scores 3.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from West Columbia
4.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.5
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
1.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from West Columbia
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from West Columbia
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from West Columbia
6.3
How Westwood Hills compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 49
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 34%Socioeconomic
- 65%Household composition
- 18%Racial/ethnic minority
- 70%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)
- 16Total filings over 4 yrs
- 3.53%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.5%Peak (2012)
- 5Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 25% over the past 5 months.
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.
- 6.3%Housing insecurity
- 4.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.6%Food insecurity
- 3.6%SNAP enrollment
- 4.4%Transit barriers
- 6.8%No health insurance
- 12.8%Frequent mental distress
- 26.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Westwood Hills
Against Lexington County at 37.2%, 55% of renters here are cost-burdened. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.6/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1/10.
Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.5/10. Food insecurity runs 7.6% against 17.8% nationally.
The filing record is not thin: 16 evictions over 4 years of observation. Housing insecurity runs 6.3% against 14.2% nationally. Against the Lexington County average of 3.9, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.7 points.
The worst year on record was 2012, when 4.5% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 3.5% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 25% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 45063020508
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45063020508?
Census tract 45063020508 in the Westwood Hills neighborhood scores 3.2/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 45063020508?
1.7% of residents in tract 45063020508 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,054.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 45063020508?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 49th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 34th, household 65th, minority 18th, housing 70th.
Q4
Is tract 45063020508 considered part of Westwood Hills?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45063020508 fall within Westwood Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45063020508?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 16 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 45063020508 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.53% of renter households, peaking at 4.5% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45063020508 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.3% 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. 4.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 45063020508 compare to West Columbia overall?
Tract 45063020508 scores 3.2/10, lower than the parent city of West Columbia at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from West Columbia eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in West Columbia
Top eight tracts in West Columbia ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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