Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally
Central Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 45077011101 · Pickens County, SC · pop 2,489 · 34% of tract blocks fall in Central
Census tract 45077011101 covers part of Central, SC, and scores 4.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.9/10.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units891
Renter share31.6%
SVI overall0.47
Poverty rate18.0%
Median income$67,532
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
86
th percentile
High
Within state
75
th percentile
High
National
55
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Central and the region
Centroid at 34.7347, -82.8082 · click any tract to drill in
Why Central scores 4.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Central
3.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.5
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
18.0% poverty · this tract
4.5
Supply constraint
$889 rent vs county FMR
1.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Central
5.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Central
9.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Central
7.3
How Central compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 47
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 44%Socioeconomic
- 32%Household composition
- 29%Racial/ethnic minority
- 68%Housing & transportation
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 48Total filings over 6 yrs
- 2.73%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.3%Peak (2014)
- 7Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 6 months.
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.
- 10.5%Housing insecurity
- 6.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.0%Food insecurity
- 7.3%SNAP enrollment
- 7.3%Transit barriers
- 9.7%No health insurance
- 16.6%Frequent mental distress
- 28.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Central
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 9.3/10. 22% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.8/10. The poverty rate is 18%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Court records carry 48 eviction filings across 6 observed years.
SNAP participation runs 7.3% against 15.2% nationally. It sits 0.7 points above the Pickens County average of 4.0. Filings peaked in 2014 at 3.3% of renter households.
In a typical year about 2.7% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 55th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Social vulnerability reads 5.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $67,532, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 45% of renters.
Average gross rent is $889, close to the Central average.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 45077011101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45077011101?
Census tract 45077011101 in Central scores 4.7/10 (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 45077011101?
Median gross rent is $889/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45077011101?
18.0% of residents in tract 45077011101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,489.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45077011101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 47th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 44th, household 32th, minority 29th, housing 68th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45077011101?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 48 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 45077011101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.73% of renter households, peaking at 3.3% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45077011101 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.5% 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. 6.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 45077011101 compare to Central overall?
Tract 45077011101 scores 4.7/10, right in line with the parent city of Central at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Central; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Central
Top eight tracts in Central ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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