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Neighborhood · Orangeburg, SC

Hallmark Hills Eviction Risk: Elevated

2 census tracts · pop 6,435 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.2/10 · range 7.1–7.3

Hallmark Hills spans 2 census tracts of Orangeburg, SC and houses 6,435 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 7.2/10, Elevated tier. The severe-burden share is 44%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.

Cost burden runs 63% against 46.6% citywide, putting Hallmark Hills 16.0% over its own city. Food insecurity affects 45.3% of adults, 27.5 points above the national rate.

What pushes the score up most is rent-regulation exposure at 9.6/10. The poverty rate is 42%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. SNAP participation is 39.2% of households versus 15.2% nationally.

On the high side is tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10. Annualized rent equals 39% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with. Sitting well above the midpoint is housing-court posture at 9.4/10.

70% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building two streets over. Filings are well documented here: 1,031 across 2 observed tracts. Filing activity peaked in 2011 at 36.1% of renter households.

At $769 a month, rents sit 9% under what the rest of Orangeburg commands.

The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score
7.2
Elevated
2 tracts · population-weighted
Hallmark Hills vs Orangeburg How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
62.6% +34%
Orangeburg: 46.6%
Average gross rent
$769 -9%
Orangeburg: $848
Average HH income
$23,545 -29%
Orangeburg: $33,066
Poverty rate
42.1% +34%
Orangeburg: 31.5%
Renter share
69.6% +26%
Orangeburg: 55.4%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Hallmark Hills and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 2 tracts span score 7.1–7.3

Why Hallmark Hills scores 7.2

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 2.1–2.1 across tracts
2.1
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 6.7–6.7 across tracts
6.7
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 7.0–7.0 across tracts
7.0
Rent control risk
63% of income on rent · Range 9.6–9.6 across tracts
9.6
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 1.9–1.9 across tracts
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
70% renter households · Range 9.4–9.4 across tracts
9.4
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 9.4–9.4 across tracts
9.4
Economic stress
42.1% below poverty line · Range 8.0–10.0 across tracts
8.9
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.4–4.4 across tracts
3.1
Risk score comparison

Hallmark Hills vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Hallmark Hills score vs. parent city, state, U.S.7.2Hallmark HillsNeighborhood5.9Parent cityhost city3.8Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

2 tracts in Hallmark Hills

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
45075011300 7.3 2,863 65% $611
45075011400 7.1 3,572 61% $896
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 93

Pop-weighted across 2 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 97%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 63%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 88%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 81%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Hallmark Hills

Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 1,031Total filings (sum)
  • 26.01%Avg annual filing rate
  • 36.1%Peak year (2011)
  • 28.16%Latest filed (2011)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Hallmark Hills

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Hallmark Hills

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Hallmark Hills?

Hallmark Hills scores 7.2/10 (Elevated tier) across 2 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2

How does Hallmark Hills compare to Orangeburg overall?

Hallmark Hills scores 1.3 points higher than Orangeburg overall (5.9/10). Renters spend 63% of income on rent vs 47% citywide. Average rent: $769 vs $848.
Q3

What is the average rent in Hallmark Hills?

Average gross rent in Hallmark Hills is $769/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Hallmark Hills residents are renters?

70% of Hallmark Hills households are renter-occupied (vs 55% in Orangeburg). The neighborhood has 6,435 residents.
Q5

Is Hallmark Hills a high social-vulnerability area?

Hallmark Hills sits in the 93rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

Which tracts in Hallmark Hills have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Hallmark Hills is census tract 45075011300 (score 7.3/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 7.1 to 7.3, a spread of 0.2 points.
Q7

How safe is Hallmark Hills for landlords?

Hallmark Hills carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.2/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Orangeburg as a whole (5.9/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Hallmark Hills?

Hallmark Hills has 6,337 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (83.4%), White (non-Hispanic) (13.8%), Other / Multiracial (1.4%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
Sibling neighborhoods

Other neighborhoods inside Orangeburg

Same parent city, ranked by score similarity to Hallmark Hills.

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