Orangeburg Eviction Risk: Elevated

Food insecurity runs 42.6% against 17.8% nationally. The poverty rate is 65%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

On the high side, court filing pressure reads 9.6/10. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 9.6/10. Against the Orangeburg County average of 4.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.2 points.

80% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Set annual rent against average income of $28,789 and the ratio lands at 33%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.

The severe-burden share is 17%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 22.9% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. On the national scale it lands near the 84th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Social vulnerability reads 9.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the SC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 2.9 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

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