Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #50,654 of 84,120 nationally
Polo Ridge Eviction Risk: Lower , Dentsville
Tract 45079011411 · Richland County, SC · pop 4,530 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
With a score of 3.9/10, tract 45079011411 in the Polo Ridge area of Dentsville, SC reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,530. 11% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far below the Richland County average of 49.7%.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units1,851
Renter share21.0%
SVI overall0.48
Poverty rate11.2%
Median income$72,662
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
42
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
55
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Dentsville and the region
Centroid at 34.1087, -80.9120 · click any tract to drill in
Why Polo Ridge scores 3.9
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
11.2% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$956 rent vs county FMR
2.4
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 Polo Ridge compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 48
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 50%Socioeconomic
- 81%Household composition
- 69%Racial/ethnic minority
- 16%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)
- 200Total filings over 5 yrs
- 22.46%Avg annual filing rate
- 25.4%Peak (2012)
- 35Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 17% over the past 5 months.
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.
- 13.1%Housing insecurity
- 8.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.9%Food insecurity
- 9.2%SNAP enrollment
- 7.9%Transit barriers
- 10.8%No health insurance
- 14.4%Frequent mental distress
- 30.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Polo Ridge
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.8/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.7/10. At $956 a month, rents run 24% under what the rest of Dentsville commands.
On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.1/10. The severe-burden share is 11%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 200 filings here across 5 tracked years.
Filings peaked in 2012 at 25.4% of renter households. In a typical year about 22.5% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 40th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
At 21% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $72,662, annual rent is just 16%.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 45079011411
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45079011411?
Census tract 45079011411 in the Polo Ridge neighborhood scores 3.9/10 (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 45079011411?
Median gross rent is $956/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 11% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45079011411?
11.2% of residents in tract 45079011411 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,530.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45079011411?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 50th, household 81th, minority 69th, housing 16th.
Q5
Is tract 45079011411 considered part of Polo Ridge?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45079011411 fall within Polo Ridge (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45079011411?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 200 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45079011411 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 22.46% of renter households, peaking at 25.4% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 45079011411 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.1% 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. 8.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 45079011411 compare to Dentsville overall?
Tract 45079011411 scores 3.9/10, lower 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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