Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #11,930 of 84,120 nationally
Governor's Hill Eviction Risk: Elevated , Columbia
Tract 45079003100 · Richland County, SC · pop 2,069 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
In Governor's Hill in Columbia, census tract 45079003100 scores 6.3/10 for eviction risk. It lands near the 82nd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 64% of renter households, a severe level, and 47% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $931 monthly, set against $17,276 in average yearly household income, roughly 65% of income at the averages. Renters make up 97% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 62%
Stable renters 35%
Owners 3%
Tract context
Occupied units1,173
Renter share97.2%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate65.8%
Median income$17,276
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
92
th percentile
Very High
Within county
95
th percentile
Very High
Within state
95
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbia and the region
Centroid at 34.0079, -81.0308 · click any tract to drill in
Why Governor's Hill scores 6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Columbia
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.9
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
65.8% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$931 rent vs county FMR
2.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Columbia
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Columbia
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Columbia
3.0
How Governor's Hill compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 80
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 88%Socioeconomic
- 2%Household composition
- 64%Racial/ethnic minority
- 100%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 25%Grade C
- 36%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 382Total filings over 5 yrs
- 18.45%Avg annual filing rate
- 24.1%Peak (2010)
- 66Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 35% over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Governor's Hill. 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.
- 20.6%Housing insecurity
- 16.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 31.8%Food insecurity
- 25.4%SNAP enrollment
- 19.3%Transit barriers
- 16.0%No health insurance
- 25.2%Frequent mental distress
- 40.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Governor's Hill
The score leans hardest on economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Columbia eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Richland County average of 5.8 and above the South Carolina statewide average of 5.5. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 382 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 18.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 24.1% of renter households in 2010.
In CDC survey modeling, about 20.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 16.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 45079003100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45079003100?
Census tract 45079003100 in the Governor's Hill neighborhood scores 6/10 (Elevated 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 45079003100?
Median gross rent is $931/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45079003100?
65.8% of residents in tract 45079003100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,069.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45079003100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 2th, minority 64th, housing 100th.
Q5
Is tract 45079003100 considered part of Governor's Hill?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45079003100 fall within Governor's Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45079003100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 382 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45079003100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 18.45% of renter households, peaking at 24.1% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 45079003100 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.6% 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. 16.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 45079003100 compare to Columbia overall?
Tract 45079003100 scores 6/10, higher than the parent city of Columbia at 2.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Columbia eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 45079003100 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 36% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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