Emerald Valley Eviction Risk: Moderate , St. Andrews

Against Richland County at 49.7%, 66% of renters here are cost-burdened. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.8/10. The poverty rate is 36%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Running hot, economic stress reads 9/10. 78% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Annualized rent equals 32% of average household income of $40,582, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.3/10. Housing insecurity runs 26.3% against 14.2% nationally. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 19.6% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 3,736 filings here across 5 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2014 at 90.0% of renter households.

In a typical year about 64.0% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #35,669 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.