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Census Tract · Ranked #28,017 of 84,120 nationally

Liberty Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 45077011001 · Pickens County, SC · pop 3,159 · 13% of tract blocks fall in Liberty

With a score of $1/10, tract 45077011001 in Liberty in Pickens County ranks in the Elevated tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 3,159 residents. That is riskier than about 74% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 64% of renter households, a severe level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $756 a month while the average household earns $48,611 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 17% of occupied homes.

Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11% Stable renters 6% Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units1,282
Renter share16.5%
SVI overall0.60
Poverty rate19.2%
Median income$48,611

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Liberty
Very High
Within county
81 th percentile
Rank, 81st percentileLowHigh
#8 of 37 tracts In Pickens County
High
Within state
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#369 of 1,317 tracts In South Carolina
Elevated
National
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#28,017 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Liberty and the region

Centroid at 34.8172, -82.7072 · click any tract to drill in

Why Liberty scores 4.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Liberty
3.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.5
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
19.2% poverty · this tract
4.8
Supply constraint
$756 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Liberty
8.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Liberty
5.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Liberty
8.1

How Liberty compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Liberty risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.84.8This tracttract 011001Liberty: 2.62.6Libertyparent cityCounty: 4.24.2Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.04.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 60

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 504Total filings over 6 yrs
  • 29.95%Avg annual filing rate
  • 34.0%Peak (2014)
  • 92Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 450770110012010: 77 filings (28.31/100 renter HHs)2011: 74 filings (26.24/100 renter HHs)2012: 86 filings (30.50/100 renter HHs)2013: 79 filings (28.01/100 renter HHs)2014: 96 filings (34.04/100 renter HHs)2015: 92 filings (32.62/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 19% 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Liberty

The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 8.4/10. 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 inherited from Liberty, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Pickens County average of 5.5 and above the South Carolina statewide average of 5.5. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 60th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

In CDC survey modeling, about 16.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 45077011001

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45077011001?

Census tract 45077011001 in Liberty scores 4.8/10 (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 45077011001?

Median gross rent is $756/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 45077011001?

19.2% of residents in tract 45077011001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,159.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 45077011001?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 59th, minority 17th, housing 29th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45077011001?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 504 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 45077011001 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 29.95% of renter households, peaking at 34.0% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 45077011001 struggle to pay rent?

About 16.3% 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. 10.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 45077011001 compare to Liberty overall?

Tract 45077011001 scores 4.8/10, higher than the parent city of Liberty at 2.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Liberty; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Liberty

Top eight tracts in Liberty ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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