Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
Dentsville Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 45079010804 · Richland County, SC · pop 2,273 · 35% of tract blocks fall in Dentsville
Census tract 45079010804 covers part of Dentsville, SC, and scores 5.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,273. The severe-burden share is 40%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units888
Renter share36.6%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate42.4%
Median income$33,750
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
96
th percentile
Very High
Within state
97
th percentile
Very High
National
76
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Dentsville and the region
Centroid at 34.0549, -80.9889 · click any tract to drill in
Why Dentsville scores 5.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Dentsville
7.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.9
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
42.4% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,164 rent vs county FMR
4.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Dentsville
8.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Dentsville
9.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Dentsville
7.7
How Dentsville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 94
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 99%Socioeconomic
- 66%Household composition
- 96%Racial/ethnic minority
- 75%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)
- 385Total filings over 5 yrs
- 24.21%Avg annual filing rate
- 33.3%Peak (2014)
- 106Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 61% 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.
- 32.2%Housing insecurity
- 26.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 45.3%Food insecurity
- 42.2%SNAP enrollment
- 22.1%Transit barriers
- 20.0%No health insurance
- 19.3%Frequent mental distress
- 50.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Dentsville
Against Richland County at 49.7%, 71% of renters here are cost-burdened. The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 9.8/10.
The poverty rate is 42%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.7/10.
Set annual rent against average income of $33,750 and the ratio lands at 41%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Housing insecurity runs 32.2% against 14.2% nationally. Against the Richland County average of 4.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.6 points.
Adults with no health insurance runs 20.0% against 11.3% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 385 filings here across 5 tracked years.
Filings peaked in 2014 at 33.3% of renter households. In a typical year about 24.2% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #20,506 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.4/10.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 45079010804
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45079010804?
Census tract 45079010804 in Dentsville scores 5.8/10 (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 45079010804?
Median gross rent is $1,164/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 71% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45079010804?
42.4% of residents in tract 45079010804 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,273.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45079010804?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 66th, minority 96th, housing 75th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45079010804?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 385 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45079010804 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 24.21% of renter households, peaking at 33.3% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45079010804 struggle to pay rent?
About 32.2% 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. 26.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 45079010804 compare to Dentsville overall?
Tract 45079010804 scores 5.8/10, higher than the parent city of Dentsville at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Dentsville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Dentsville
Top eight tracts in Dentsville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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