Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #57,812 of 84,120 nationally
Forest Acres Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 45079011101 · Richland County, SC · pop 3,309 · 41% of tract blocks fall in Forest Acres
With a score of 3.5/10, tract 45079011101 in Forest Acres, SC reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,309. Against Richland County at 49.7%, 30% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units1,443
Renter share26.6%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate13.1%
Median income$67,788
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
36
th percentile
Low
Within state
44
th percentile
Moderate
National
31
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Forest Acres and the region
Centroid at 34.0380, -80.9879 · click any tract to drill in
Why Forest Acres scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Forest Acres
7.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.9
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
13.1% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$998 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Forest Acres
8.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Forest Acres
4.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Forest Acres
6.3
How Forest Acres compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 62
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 75%Socioeconomic
- 55%Household composition
- 59%Racial/ethnic minority
- 36%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)
- 744Total filings over 5 yrs
- 30.00%Avg annual filing rate
- 44.2%Peak (2013)
- 188Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 74% 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.
- 13.4%Housing insecurity
- 9.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.6%Food insecurity
- 10.5%SNAP enrollment
- 8.5%Transit barriers
- 10.6%No health insurance
- 15.7%Frequent mental distress
- 31.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Forest Acres
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.8/10. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.1/10. 15% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.1/10. Average gross rent is $998, 21% below the Forest Acres average. Court records carry 744 eviction filings across 5 observed years.
Against the Richland County average of 4.2, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.7 points. Filings peaked in 2013 at 44.2% of renter households. In a typical year about 30.0% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #57,812 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 6.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 45079011101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45079011101?
Census tract 45079011101 in Forest Acres scores 3.5/10 (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 45079011101?
Median gross rent is $998/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45079011101?
13.1% of residents in tract 45079011101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,309.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45079011101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 55th, minority 59th, housing 36th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45079011101?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 744 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45079011101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 30.00% of renter households, peaking at 44.2% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45079011101 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.4% 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. 9.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 45079011101 compare to Forest Acres overall?
Tract 45079011101 scores 3.5/10, right in line with the parent city of Forest Acres at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Forest Acres; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Forest Acres
Top eight tracts in Forest Acres ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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