Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Pickens Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 45077010403 · Pickens County, SC · pop 2,667 · 5% of tract blocks fall in Pickens
Census tract 45077010403 covers part of Pickens, SC, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,667 residents. 33% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units847
Renter share15.7%
SVI overall0.40
Poverty rate14.6%
Median income$78,365
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
22
th percentile
Low
Within state
29
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pickens and the region
Centroid at 34.8476, -82.7108 · click any tract to drill in
Why Pickens scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Pickens
3.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.5
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
14.6% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$825 rent vs county FMR
1.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Pickens
6.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Pickens
6.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Pickens
6.7
How Pickens compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 40
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 53%Socioeconomic
- 27%Household composition
- 1%Racial/ethnic minority
- 52%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)
- 119Total filings over 6 yrs
- 15.87%Avg annual filing rate
- 26.2%Peak (2014)
- 20Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 54% 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.
- 10.9%Housing insecurity
- 7.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.2%Food insecurity
- 8.3%SNAP enrollment
- 7.6%Transit barriers
- 10.9%No health insurance
- 17.4%Frequent mental distress
- 32.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Pickens
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.3/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.3/10.
Cost burden runs 53% here against 45.1% across Pickens County. Running cool, state political climate reads 2.1/10.
Against the Pickens County average of 4.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 119 filings here across 6 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2014 at 26.2% of renter households.
In a typical year about 15.9% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 16% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
Social vulnerability reads 4.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Against average income of $78,365, annual rent is just 13%.
Statewide the SC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 1.0 points cooler.
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 45077010403
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45077010403?
Census tract 45077010403 in Pickens scores 3/10 (Lower 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 45077010403?
Median gross rent is $825/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45077010403?
14.6% of residents in tract 45077010403 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,667.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45077010403?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 27th, minority 1th, housing 52th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45077010403?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 119 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 45077010403 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 15.87% of renter households, peaking at 26.2% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45077010403 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.9% 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. 7.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 45077010403 compare to Pickens overall?
Tract 45077010403 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Pickens at 3.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Pickens; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Pickens
Top eight tracts in Pickens ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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