Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #47,371 of 84,120 nationally
Hamilton Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Easley
Tract 45077010901 · Pickens County, SC · pop 4,970 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi
Tract 45077010901 sits in the Hamilton Heights area of Easley eviction risk, SC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.1/10. It is home to 4,970 residents. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.3/10.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units2,263
Renter share18.9%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate17.0%
Median income$57,071
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
64
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
60
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Easley and the region
Centroid at 34.7835, -82.6117 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hamilton Heights scores 4.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Easley
3.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.5
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
17.0% poverty · this tract
4.2
Supply constraint
$965 rent vs county FMR
2.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Easley
8.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Easley
6.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Easley
7.4
How Hamilton Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 79
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 66%Socioeconomic
- 90%Household composition
- 19%Racial/ethnic minority
- 87%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)
- 610Total filings over 6 yrs
- 20.26%Avg annual filing rate
- 30.7%Peak (2014)
- 84Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 29% over the past 6 months.
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.
- 12.1%Housing insecurity
- 7.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.8%Food insecurity
- 9.4%SNAP enrollment
- 8.1%Transit barriers
- 12.0%No health insurance
- 16.8%Frequent mental distress
- 33.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hamilton Heights
Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.3/10. Severe burden reaches 16%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 2/10.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 610 filings here across 6 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2014, when 30.7% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 20.3% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #47,371 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
At 19% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.1/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
Rent takes 30% or more of income for 45% of renters. It tracks the Pickens County average of 4.0 closely.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 45077010901
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45077010901?
Census tract 45077010901 in the Hamilton Heights neighborhood scores 4.1/10 (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 45077010901?
Median gross rent is $965/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45077010901?
17.0% of residents in tract 45077010901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,970.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45077010901?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 66th, household 90th, minority 19th, housing 87th.
Q5
Is tract 45077010901 considered part of Hamilton Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45077010901 fall within Hamilton Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45077010901?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 610 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 45077010901 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 20.26% of renter households, peaking at 30.7% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 45077010901 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.1% 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. 7.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 45077010901 compare to Easley overall?
Tract 45077010901 scores 4.1/10, higher than the parent city of Easley at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Easley eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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