Census Tract · Ranked #50,654 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 45077011003 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 45077011003 ·
Pickens County, SC · pop 2,454
With a score of 3.9/10, tract 45077011003 in Pickens County, SC reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,454. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.3/10.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%Stable renters 13%Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units933
Renter share18.5%
SVI overall0.43
Poverty rate15.7%
Median income$60,521
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within county
58th percentile
#16 of 37 tracts In Pickens County
Elevated
Within state
55th percentile
#593 of 1,317 tracts In South Carolina
Elevated
National
40th percentile
#50,654 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pickens County and the region
Centroid at 34.7505, -82.6699 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 45077011003 scores 3.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
15.7% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$1,024 rent vs county FMR
2.8
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 45077011003 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 43
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
52%Socioeconomic
73%Household composition
5%Racial/ethnic minority
29%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)
137Total filings over 6 yrs
17.21%Avg annual filing rate
34.1%Peak (2014)
23Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year2010 to 2015
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 6 months.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
16.5%Housing insecurity
11.6%Utility-shutoff threat
25.6%Food insecurity
17.6%SNAP enrollment
11.8%Transit barriers
15.8%No health insurance
20.3%Frequent mental distress
40.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 45077011003
around a third of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Pickens County average of 45.1%. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.1/10. Well under the midpoint, local political climate reads 2.1/10.
12% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The filing record is not thin: 137 evictions over 6 years of observation.
Food insecurity runs 25.6% against 17.8% nationally. Filings peaked in 2014 at 34.1% of renter households.
In a typical year about 17.2% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 40% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. 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 4.9/10. It tracks the Pickens County average of 4.0 closely.
Average gross rent runs $1,024 a month.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 45077011003
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45077011003?
Census tract 45077011003 in Pickens County scores 3.9/10 (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 45077011003?
Median gross rent is $1,024/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45077011003?
15.7% of residents in tract 45077011003 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,454.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45077011003?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 43th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 52th, household 73th, minority 5th, housing 29th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45077011003?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 137 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 45077011003 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 17.21% of renter households, peaking at 34.1% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45077011003 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.5% 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. 11.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.