Within parent city
25
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #72,539 of 84,120 nationally
Blythewood Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 45079010106 · Richland County, SC · pop 5,870 · 53% of tract blocks fall in Blythewood
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 45079010106 (Blythewood in Richland County, South Carolina) comes in at 5.7/10, the Moderate tier. On the national scale it ranks #30,867 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 55% of renter households, a severe level, and 38% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,133 a month against an average household income of $95,750 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. Renters make up 18% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units2,626
Renter share18.1%
SVI overall0.37
Poverty rate5.5%
Median income$95,750
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
6
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
9
th percentile
Very Low
National
14
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Blythewood and the region
Centroid at 34.2038, -80.9900 · click any tract to drill in
Why Blythewood scores 2.1
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
5.5% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,133 rent vs county FMR
3.7
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: 37
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 33%Socioeconomic
- 33%Household composition
- 69%Racial/ethnic minority
- 38%Housing & transportation
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.
- 12.7%Housing insecurity
- 8.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.3%Food insecurity
- 8.2%SNAP enrollment
- 7.4%Transit barriers
- 8.5%No health insurance
- 14.7%Frequent mental distress
- 26.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Blythewood
The heaviest input here is 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 12.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is Black and White and ranks around the 37th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 45079010106
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45079010106?
Census tract 45079010106 in Blythewood scores 2.1/10 (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 45079010106?
Median gross rent is $1,133/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45079010106?
5.5% of residents in tract 45079010106 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,870.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45079010106?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 37th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 33th, household 33th, minority 69th, housing 38th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 45079010106 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.7% 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. 8.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 45079010106 compare to Blythewood overall?
Tract 45079010106 scores 2.1/10, lower than 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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