Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #13,119 of 84,120 nationally
Walhalla Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 45073030404 · Oconee County, SC · pop 4,393 · 67% of tract blocks fall in Walhalla
Eviction risk in Walhalla centers on tract 45073030404, which scores 5.2/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 4,393 residents. That is riskier than about 45% of US census tracts.
About 22% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $605 a month against an average household income of $43,700 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 35% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units1,816
Renter share34.9%
SVI overall0.81
Poverty rate30.2%
Median income$43,700
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
95
th percentile
Very High
Within state
94
th percentile
Very High
National
84
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Walhalla and the region
Centroid at 34.7804, -83.0633 · click any tract to drill in
Why Walhalla scores 5.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Walhalla
3.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.6
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
30.2% poverty · this tract
7.5
Supply constraint
$605 rent vs county FMR
1.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Walhalla
4.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Walhalla
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Walhalla
6.9
How Walhalla compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 81
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 85%Socioeconomic
- 78%Household composition
- 51%Racial/ethnic minority
- 67%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.
- 15.8%Housing insecurity
- 10.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 24.2%Food insecurity
- 16.3%SNAP enrollment
- 11.1%Transit barriers
- 17.9%No health insurance
- 18.6%Frequent mental distress
- 39.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Walhalla
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.5/10. 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 Walhalla, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Oconee County average of 5.2 and in line with 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 15.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 81st 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 45073030404
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45073030404?
Census tract 45073030404 in Walhalla scores 5.9/10 (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 45073030404?
Median gross rent is $605/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 22% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45073030404?
30.2% of residents in tract 45073030404 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,393.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45073030404?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 81th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 78th, minority 51th, housing 67th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 45073030404 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.8% 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. 10.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 45073030404 compare to Walhalla overall?
Tract 45073030404 scores 5.9/10, higher than the parent city of Walhalla at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Walhalla; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Walhalla
Top eight tracts in Walhalla ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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