Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #13,119 of 84,120 nationally
BullStreet District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Columbia
Tract 45079000900 · Richland County, SC · pop 1,883 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
Tract 45079000900 covers the BullStreet District neighborhood of Columbia in South Carolina. Home to 1,883 residents, it scores 6.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #15,284 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 67% of renter households, a severe level, and 38% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $779 a month against an average household income of $21,229 a year, roughly 44% of income at the averages. Renters make up 70% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 46%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 31%
Tract context
Occupied units810
Renter share69.5%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate54.2%
Median income$21,229
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
89
th percentile
High
Within county
93
th percentile
Very High
Within state
94
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbia and the region
Centroid at 34.0294, -81.0158 · click any tract to drill in
Why BullStreet District scores 5.9
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
54.2% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$779 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 BullStreet District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 96
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 92%Socioeconomic
- 68%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 97%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
- 0%Grade C
- 1%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)
- 838Total filings over 5 yrs
- 26.40%Avg annual filing rate
- 33.7%Peak (2014)
- 213Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 28% 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.
- 41.5%Housing insecurity
- 35.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 56.8%Food insecurity
- 56.9%SNAP enrollment
- 29.3%Transit barriers
- 22.6%No health insurance
- 22.8%Frequent mental distress
- 51.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in BullStreet District
What moves this score most is 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.
The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 96th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 838 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 26.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 33.7% of renter households in 2014.
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 45079000900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45079000900?
Census tract 45079000900 in the BullStreet District neighborhood scores 5.9/10 (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 average rent in tract 45079000900?
Median gross rent is $779/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 67% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45079000900?
54.2% of residents in tract 45079000900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,883.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45079000900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 68th, minority 97th, housing 97th.
Q5
Is tract 45079000900 considered part of BullStreet District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45079000900 fall within BullStreet District (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45079000900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 838 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45079000900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 26.40% of renter households, peaking at 33.7% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 45079000900 struggle to pay rent?
About 41.5% 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. 35.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 45079000900 compare to Columbia overall?
Tract 45079000900 scores 5.9/10, 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 45079000900 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. 1% 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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