Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #69,776 of 84,120 nationally
Blythewood Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 45079010104 · Richland County, SC · pop 4,751 · 12% of tract blocks fall in Blythewood
With a score of 5.6/10, tract 45079010104 in Blythewood ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 4,751 residents. That is riskier than about 59% of US census tracts.
About 47% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $773 a month while the average household earns $97,525 a year, roughly 10% of income at the averages. Renters make up 4% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 2%
Owners 96%
Tract context
Occupied units1,793
Renter share3.7%
SVI overall0.46
Poverty rate8.9%
Median income$97,525
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
9
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
12
th percentile
Very Low
National
17
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Blythewood and the region
Centroid at 34.2217, -80.9019 · click any tract to drill in
Why Blythewood scores 2.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Blythewood
7.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.9
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
8.9% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$773 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Blythewood
3.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Blythewood
4.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Blythewood
3.2
How Blythewood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 46
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 45%Socioeconomic
- 37%Household composition
- 67%Racial/ethnic minority
- 43%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)
- 50Total filings over 5 yrs
- 4.57%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.2%Peak (2010)
- 6Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 57% over the past 5 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.
- 12.4%Housing insecurity
- 8.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.9%Food insecurity
- 7.7%SNAP enrollment
- 7.3%Transit barriers
- 8.7%No health insurance
- 15.1%Frequent mental distress
- 27.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Blythewood
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 4.3/10. 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 Blythewood, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Richland County average of 5.8 and in line with the South Carolina statewide average of 5.5. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 46th 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 50 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 4.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 7.2% of renter households in 2010.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 45079010104
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45079010104?
Census tract 45079010104 in Blythewood scores 2.3/10 (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 45079010104?
Median gross rent is $773/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45079010104?
8.9% of residents in tract 45079010104 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,751.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45079010104?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 46th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 45th, household 37th, minority 67th, housing 43th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45079010104?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 50 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45079010104 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.57% of renter households, peaking at 7.2% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45079010104 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.4% 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. 8.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 45079010104 compare to Blythewood overall?
Tract 45079010104 scores 2.3/10, right in line with the parent city of Blythewood at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Blythewood; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Blythewood
Top eight tracts in Blythewood ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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