Within county
20
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #39,389 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 45081960302 Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 45081960302 · Saluda County, SC · pop 1,954
How risky is Saluda for landlords? Census tract 45081960302 scores 5.3/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 48th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 47% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $61,000 a year. About 4% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 65% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 2%
Owners 96%
Tract context
Occupied units858
Renter share4.0%
SVI overall0.24
Poverty rate10.5%
Median income$61,000
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
55
th percentile
Moderate
National
53
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Saluda County and the region
Centroid at 34.0202, -81.6128 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 45081960302 scores 4.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
2.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.2
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
10.5% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
State baseline
2.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 45081960302 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 24
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 22%Socioeconomic
- 64%Household composition
- 24%Racial/ethnic minority
- 20%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.
- 10.1%Housing insecurity
- 6.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.9%Food insecurity
- 7.5%SNAP enrollment
- 6.9%Transit barriers
- 11.9%No health insurance
- 15.8%Frequent mental distress
- 35.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 45081960302
What moves this score most is supply constraint 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 set by South Carolina eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Saluda County average of 5.4 and in line with the South Carolina statewide average of 5.5. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 24th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 45081960302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45081960302?
Census tract 45081960302 in Saluda County scores 4.1/10 (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 45081960302?
10.5% of residents in tract 45081960302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,954.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 45081960302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 24th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 22th, household 64th, minority 24th, housing 20th.
Q4
What share of households in tract 45081960302 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.1% 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. 6.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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