Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #11,988 of 84,120 nationally
Clemson Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 45077011206 · Pickens County, SC · pop 4,633 · 86% of tract blocks fall in Clemson
Census tract 45077011206 covers part of Clemson, SC, and scores 7.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,633 residents. Severe burden reaches 56%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
7.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units1,811
Renter share48.9%
SVI overall0.25
Poverty rate27.6%
Median income$60,742
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
94
th percentile
Very High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
National
86
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Clemson and the region
Centroid at 34.6732, -82.8122 · click any tract to drill in
Why Clemson scores 7.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Clemson
3.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.5
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
27.6% poverty · this tract
6.9
Supply constraint
$875 rent vs county FMR
1.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Clemson
8.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Clemson
9.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Clemson
9.1
How Clemson compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 25
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 47%Socioeconomic
- 10%Household composition
- 29%Racial/ethnic minority
- 26%Housing & transportation
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
- 7.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.5%Food insecurity
- 8.4%SNAP enrollment
- 8.4%Transit barriers
- 9.8%No health insurance
- 17.7%Frequent mental distress
- 29.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Clemson
Against Pickens County at 45.1%, 67% of renters here are cost-burdened. Against the Pickens County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 3.2 points. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.7/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 9.3/10. Running hot, housing-court posture reads 9.1/10. The poverty rate is 28%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Average gross rent is $875, 13% below the Clemson average. On the national scale it lands near the 86th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Social vulnerability reads 3.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Against average income of $60,742, annual rent is just 17%. Statewide the SC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 3.2 points hotter.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 45077011206
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45077011206?
Census tract 45077011206 in Clemson scores 7.2/10 (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 average rent in tract 45077011206?
Median gross rent is $875/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 67% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45077011206?
27.6% of residents in tract 45077011206 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,633.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45077011206?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 25th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 47th, household 10th, minority 29th, housing 26th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 45077011206 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. 7.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 45077011206 compare to Clemson overall?
Tract 45077011206 scores 7.2/10, higher than the parent city of Clemson at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Clemson eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Clemson
Top eight tracts in Clemson ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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