Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #54,934 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
For landlords sizing up Forest Acres, census tract 45079011101 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 5.8/10. That is riskier than roughly 67% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
30% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $998 a month while the average household earns $67,788 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 27% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.2
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
25
th percentile
Low
Within state
31
th percentile
Low
National
35
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 3.2
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 moves this score most is rent-control risk at 8.1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Forest Acres, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Richland County average of 5.8 and in line with the South Carolina statewide average of 5.5. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 13.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 744 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 30.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 44.2% of renter households in 2013.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 45079011101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45079011101?
Census tract 45079011101 in Forest Acres scores 3.2/10 (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 3.2/10, higher than the parent city of Forest Acres at 2.6/10. 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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