Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #44,239 of 84,120 nationally
Ridge Spring Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 45081960400 · Saluda County, SC · pop 2,967 · 12% of tract blocks fall in Ridge Spring
With a score of 4.3/10, tract 45081960400 in Ridge Spring, SC reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,967. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units1,162
Renter share26.0%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate24.8%
Median income$53,561
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
60
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
65
th percentile
Elevated
National
47
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ridge Spring and the region
Centroid at 33.8896, -81.6851 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ridge Spring scores 4.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Ridge Spring
3.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.2
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
24.8% poverty · this tract
6.2
Supply constraint
$731 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ridge Spring
2.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ridge Spring
6.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ridge Spring
5.3
How Ridge Spring compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 79
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 80%Socioeconomic
- 67%Household composition
- 59%Racial/ethnic minority
- 74%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.
- 17.3%Housing insecurity
- 11.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 25.0%Food insecurity
- 17.2%SNAP enrollment
- 11.5%Transit barriers
- 16.4%No health insurance
- 17.1%Frequent mental distress
- 40.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ridge Spring
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.7/10. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.8/10.
The poverty rate is 25%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Severe burden reaches 14%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Average gross rent is $731, 14% above the Ridge Spring average.
Food insecurity runs 25.0% against 17.8% nationally. That is riskier than roughly 47% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.1/10.
Against average income of $53,561, annual rent is just 16%. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 34% of renters.
It tracks the Saluda County average of 4.1 closely. 26% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 45081960400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45081960400?
Census tract 45081960400 in Ridge Spring scores 4.3/10 (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 45081960400?
Median gross rent is $731/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45081960400?
24.8% of residents in tract 45081960400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,967.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45081960400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 67th, minority 59th, housing 74th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 45081960400 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.3% 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. 11.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 45081960400 compare to Ridge Spring overall?
Tract 45081960400 scores 4.3/10, higher than the parent city of Ridge Spring at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ridge Spring; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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