Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #41,065 of 84,120 nationally
Seneca Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 45073030601 · Oconee County, SC · pop 5,132 · 53% of tract blocks fall in Seneca
Census tract 45073030601 belongs to Seneca, South Carolina. It is home to 5,132 residents and scores 6.1/10, an elevated reading for landlords. That is riskier than about 77% of US census tracts.
60% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $929 a month while the average household earns $88,814 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. Renters make up 24% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units1,968
Renter share24.2%
SVI overall0.53
Poverty rate14.9%
Median income$88,814
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
37
th percentile
Low
Within state
52
th percentile
Moderate
National
51
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Seneca and the region
Centroid at 34.7034, -82.9776 · click any tract to drill in
Why Seneca scores 4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Seneca
3.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.6
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
14.9% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$929 rent vs county FMR
4.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Seneca
6.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Seneca
8.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Seneca
7.3
How Seneca compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 53
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 65%Socioeconomic
- 37%Household composition
- 20%Racial/ethnic minority
- 54%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)
- 190Total filings over 3 yrs
- 10.71%Avg annual filing rate
- 13.4%Peak (2014)
- 89Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
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.
- 9.3%Housing insecurity
- 6.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.8%Food insecurity
- 8.5%SNAP enrollment
- 6.9%Transit barriers
- 10.0%No health insurance
- 13.9%Frequent mental distress
- 34.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Seneca
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.9/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Seneca, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Oconee County average of 5.2 and above the South Carolina statewide average of 5.5. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 9.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 190 eviction filings here over 3 tracked years, with about 10.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 13.4% of renter households in 2014.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 45073030601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45073030601?
Census tract 45073030601 in Seneca scores 4/10 (Moderate 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 45073030601?
Median gross rent is $929/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45073030601?
14.9% of residents in tract 45073030601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,132.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45073030601?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 53th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 65th, household 37th, minority 20th, housing 54th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45073030601?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 190 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 45073030601 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.71% of renter households, peaking at 13.4% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45073030601 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.3% 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. 6.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 45073030601 compare to Seneca overall?
Tract 45073030601 scores 4/10, higher than the parent city of Seneca at 2.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Seneca; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Seneca
Top eight tracts in Seneca ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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