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Neighborhood · Ranked #14,308 of 84,120 nationally

Wilkinson Heights Eviction Risk: Elevated , Brookdale

Tract 45075010801 · Orangeburg County, SC · pop 632 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Tract 45075010801 sits in the Wilkinson Heights area of Brookdale, SC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.7/10. Population here is 632. Severe burden reaches 100%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
6.7
Elevated
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30% Stable renters 0% Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units163
Renter share30.1%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate55.7%
Median income$33,142

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Wilkinson Heights
Moderate
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Brookdale
Moderate
Within county
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 39 tracts In Orangeburg County
High
Within state
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#17 of 1,317 tracts In South Carolina
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Brookdale and the region

Centroid at 33.5053, -80.8391 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wilkinson Heights scores 6.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Brookdale
7.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.7
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
55.7% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Brookdale
8.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Brookdale
9.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Brookdale
9.2

How Wilkinson Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Wilkinson Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.7This tracttract 0108015.9Brookdaleparent city4.7Countyavg tract in county4.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 91

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Wilkinson Heights

100% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the Orangeburg County average of 39.6%. What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10. Food insecurity runs 47.2% against 17.8% nationally.

The poverty rate is 56%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 9.6/10. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.3/10.

It sits 2.0 points above the Orangeburg County average of 4.7. Housing insecurity runs 30.9% against 14.2% nationally.

That is riskier than roughly 83% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the SC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 2.7 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

30% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 45075010801

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45075010801?

Census tract 45075010801 in the Wilkinson Heights neighborhood scores 6.7/10 (Elevated 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 45075010801?

55.7% of residents in tract 45075010801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 632.
Q3

How socially vulnerable is tract 45075010801?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 18th, minority 97th, housing 92th.
Q4

Is tract 45075010801 considered part of Wilkinson Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45075010801 fall within Wilkinson Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q5

What share of households in tract 45075010801 struggle to pay rent?

About 30.9% 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. 23.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 45075010801 compare to Brookdale overall?

Tract 45075010801 scores 6.7/10, higher than the parent city of Brookdale at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Brookdale; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Brookdale

Top eight tracts in Brookdale ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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