1 census tracts · pop 5,184 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.8/10
· range 4.8–4.8
Wedgewood maps to a single census tract in Dentsville, SC and houses 5,184 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 4.8/10, in the Moderate tier. Cost burden runs 52% against 37.5% citywide, putting Wedgewood 14.0% over its own city.
The strongest single driver of the headline number is tenant-organizing strength at 9.7/10. 28% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. 80% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building two streets over.
Running hot is rent-regulation exposure at 8.1/10. On the high side is housing-court posture at 7.7/10.
15.7% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, against a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The filing record is not thin: 7,620 evictions logged in this tract.
The worst year on record was 2011, when filings touched 110.4% of renter households. Food insecurity affects 26.2% of adults, 8.4 points above the national rate. The most recent observed rate, 64.2% in 2014, is well off that peak.
At $1,151 a month, rents sit 8% under what the rest of Dentsville commands. That places it #3 of 4 neighborhoods in Dentsville.
The closest comparables inside the same city are Hampton Trace and Briarwood.
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
Wedgewood vs DentsvilleHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority87%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport86%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Wedgewood
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
7,620Total filings (sum)
88.98%Avg annual filing rate
110.4%Peak year (2011)
64.24%Latest filed (2014)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Wedgewood
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
22.6%Housing insecurity
15.7%Utility shutoff threat
26.2%Food insecurity
19.0%SNAP enrollment
13.9%No health insurance
33.7%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Wedgewood
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Wedgewood?
Wedgewood 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 Wedgewood compare to Dentsville overall?
Wedgewood scores 0.4 points higher than Dentsville overall (4.4/10). Renters spend 52% of income on rent vs 38% citywide. Average rent: $1,151 vs $1,250.
Q3
What is the average rent in Wedgewood?
Average gross rent in Wedgewood is $1,151/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Wedgewood residents are renters?
80% of Wedgewood households are renter-occupied (vs 62% in Dentsville). The neighborhood has 5,184 residents.
Q5
Is Wedgewood a high social-vulnerability area?
Wedgewood sits in the 87th 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 Wedgewood for landlords?
Wedgewood 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 Dentsville as a whole (4.4/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Wedgewood?
Wedgewood has 5,255 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (69.6%), White (non-Hispanic) (12.9%), Hispanic / Latino (9.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
