Within county
58
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #35,899 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 45077010401 Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 45077010401 · Pickens County, SC · pop 2,371
The Moderate-tier score of 5.4/10 for census tract 45077010401 reflects conditions in Pickens, South Carolina. That is riskier than roughly 52% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 66% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $846 monthly, set against $54,050 in average yearly household income, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 11% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units853
Renter share11.0%
SVI overall0.49
Poverty rate17.1%
Median income$54,050
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
60
th percentile
Elevated
National
57
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pickens County and the region
Centroid at 34.9653, -82.7102 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 45077010401 scores 4.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
2.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.5
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
17.1% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$846 rent vs county FMR
1.5
Rent control risk
State baseline
2.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 45077010401 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 49
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 49%Socioeconomic
- 90%Household composition
- 2%Racial/ethnic minority
- 31%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)
- 122Total filings over 6 yrs
- 13.36%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.8%Peak (2011)
- 18Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 80% 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.
- 12.6%Housing insecurity
- 8.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.4%Food insecurity
- 10.9%SNAP enrollment
- 8.7%Transit barriers
- 12.1%No health insurance
- 18.4%Frequent mental distress
- 36.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 45077010401
The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are set by South Carolina eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Pickens County average of 5.5 and in line with the South Carolina statewide average of 5.5. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 122 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 13.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 15.8% of renter households in 2011.
In CDC survey modeling, about 12.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 45077010401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45077010401?
Census tract 45077010401 in Pickens County scores 4.3/10 (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 45077010401?
Median gross rent is $846/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45077010401?
17.1% of residents in tract 45077010401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,371.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45077010401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 49th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 90th, minority 2th, housing 31th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45077010401?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 122 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 45077010401 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.36% of renter households, peaking at 15.8% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45077010401 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.6% 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. 8.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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