Within parent city
94
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally
Columbia Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 45079010408 · Richland County, SC · pop 4,060
Tract 45079010408 sits in Columbia eviction risk, SC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.2/10. It is home to 4,060 residents. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 60% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 0%
Owners 100%
Tract context
SVI overall-10.00
Poverty rate100.0%
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
73
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
88
th percentile
High
National
65
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbia and the region
Centroid at 34.0696, -81.0984 · click any tract to drill in
Why Columbia scores 5.2
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
100.0% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 Columbia compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: -1,000
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- -1,000%Socioeconomic
- -1,000%Household composition
- 70%Racial/ethnic minority
- -1,000%Housing & transportation
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.
- 48.9%Housing insecurity
- 45.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 66.5%Food insecurity
- 70.2%SNAP enrollment
- 37.9%Transit barriers
- 34.9%No health insurance
- 27.4%Frequent mental distress
- 56.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Columbia
SNAP participation runs 70.2% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 66.5% against 17.8% nationally. The poverty rate is 100%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 9.8/10. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.
Against the Richland County average of 4.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points. Nationally it ranks #29,336 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Statewide the SC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter. Model confidence here is 60%, lower than typical because some ACS inputs for this tract carry wide margins of error, so read the score as a band, not a point.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 45079010408
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45079010408?
Census tract 45079010408 in Columbia scores 5.2/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 45079010408?
100.0% of residents in tract 45079010408 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,060.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 45079010408?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the -1000th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic -1000th, household -1000th, minority 70th, housing -1000th.
Q4
What share of households in tract 45079010408 struggle to pay rent?
About 48.9% 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. 45.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q5
How does tract 45079010408 compare to Columbia overall?
Tract 45079010408 scores 5.2/10, higher than the parent city of Columbia at 3.8/10. 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.
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Highest-risk tracts in Columbia
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/ 10 · Moderate
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5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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