Within parent city
75
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #26,446 of 84,120 nationally
Seneca Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 45073030802 · Oconee County, SC · pop 4,529 · 55% of tract blocks fall in Seneca
Census tract 45073030802 belongs to Seneca, South Carolina. It is home to 4,529 residents and scores 6.2/10, an elevated reading for landlords. That is riskier than about 79% of US census tracts.
About 48% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,117 a month while the average household earns $51,949 a year, roughly 26% of income at the averages. Renters make up 40% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units1,956
Renter share40.4%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate17.1%
Median income$51,949
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
84
th percentile
High
Within state
75
th percentile
High
National
69
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Seneca and the region
Centroid at 34.6674, -82.9872 · click any tract to drill in
Why Seneca scores 4.9
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
17.1% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$1,117 rent vs county FMR
6.4
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: 90
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 81%Socioeconomic
- 94%Household composition
- 52%Racial/ethnic minority
- 86%Housing & transportation
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
- 9.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.1%Food insecurity
- 13.5%SNAP enrollment
- 9.5%Transit barriers
- 13.0%No health insurance
- 16.2%Frequent mental distress
- 36.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Seneca
The score leans hardest on 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 90th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
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 9.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
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 45073030802
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45073030802?
Census tract 45073030802 in Seneca scores 4.9/10 (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 45073030802?
Median gross rent is $1,117/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45073030802?
17.1% of residents in tract 45073030802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,529.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45073030802?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 94th, minority 52th, housing 86th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 45073030802 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. 9.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 45073030802 compare to Seneca overall?
Tract 45073030802 scores 4.9/10, 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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