1 census tracts · pop 3,864 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.8/10
· range 4.8–4.8
Forest Hills maps to a single census tract in Columbia, SC and houses 3,864 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 4.8/10, in the Moderate tier. Against a Columbia baseline of 36.0%, 48% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
Pulling the other way is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10. The severe-burden share is 24%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. The poverty rate is 22%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest.
The filing record is not thin: 958 evictions logged in this tract. Well under the midpoint is eviction-process difficulty, at 3/10. Average gross rent is $1,054, 12% below the Columbia average of $1,204.
The worst year on record was 2011, when filings touched 21.7% of renter households. On the softer side is housing-court posture, at 3/10.
Recent filings have not receded much: 20.7% in 2014 against a 21.7% peak. Among the 16 mapped neighborhoods of Columbia, it ranks #5 by risk, the upper third.
The closest comparables inside the same city are Governor's Hill and Hollywood-Rose Hill. Social vulnerability runs high at 8.1/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.
Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $55,441.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 4.8/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Forest Hills vs ColumbiaHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority68%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport58%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Forest Hills
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
958Total filings (sum)
20.15%Avg annual filing rate
21.7%Peak year (2011)
20.68%Latest filed (2014)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Forest Hills
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
13.8%Housing insecurity
9.9%Utility shutoff threat
16.8%Food insecurity
11.9%SNAP enrollment
10.7%No health insurance
33.7%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Forest Hills
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Forest Hills?
Forest Hills scores 4.8/10 (Moderate tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Forest Hills compare to Columbia overall?
Forest Hills scores 1.0 points higher than Columbia overall (3.8/10). Renters spend 48% of income on rent vs 36% citywide. Average rent: $1,054 vs $1,204.
Q3
What is the average rent in Forest Hills?
Average gross rent in Forest Hills is $1,054/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Forest Hills residents are renters?
39% of Forest Hills households are renter-occupied (vs 54% in Columbia). The neighborhood has 3,864 residents.
Q5
Is Forest Hills a high social-vulnerability area?
Forest Hills sits in the 79th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Forest Hills for landlords?
Forest Hills carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.8/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Columbia as a whole (3.8/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Forest Hills?
Forest Hills has 4,129 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (49.1%), Black (non-Hispanic) (42.8%), Other / Multiracial (3.4%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
