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Forest Oaks Eviction Risk: Lower , Spartanburg

Tract 45083021302 · Spartanburg County, SC · pop 2,173 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

With a score of 3/10, tract 45083021302 in the Forest Oaks area of Spartanburg, SC reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,173. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.8/10.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5% Stable renters 13% Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units1,051
Renter share17.7%
SVI overall0.10
Poverty rate14.7%
Median income$97,758

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Forest Oaks
Moderate
Within parent city
27 th percentile
Rank, 27th percentileLowHigh
#12 of 16 tracts In Spartanburg
Low
Within county
2 th percentile
Rank, 2nd percentileLowHigh
#85 of 87 tracts In Spartanburg County
Very Low
Within state
29 th percentile
Rank, 29th percentileLowHigh
#932 of 1,317 tracts In South Carolina
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Spartanburg and the region

Centroid at 34.9498, -81.8897 · click any tract to drill in

Why Forest Oaks scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Spartanburg
3.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.6
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
14.7% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$979 rent vs county FMR
3.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Spartanburg
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Spartanburg
2.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Spartanburg
2.5

How Forest Oaks compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Forest Oaks risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 0213023.4Spartanburgparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county4.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 10

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 143Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 116.26%Avg annual filing rate
  • 116.3%Peak (2010)
  • 143Filings in 2010 (latest validated)
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Forest Oaks

Against Spartanburg County at 42.3%, 28% of renters here are cost-burdened. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.

23% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 2/10.

SNAP participation runs 5.2% against 15.2% nationally. Against the Spartanburg County average of 4.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points. The filing record is not thin: 143 evictions over 1 years of observation.

Food insecurity runs 9.4% against 17.8% nationally. Average gross rent is $979, 11% below the Spartanburg average.

The worst year on record was 2010, when 116.3% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 116.3% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

Only 18% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 45083021302

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45083021302?

Census tract 45083021302 in the Forest Oaks neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 45083021302?

Median gross rent is $979/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 45083021302?

14.7% of residents in tract 45083021302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,173.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 45083021302?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 2th, household 76th, minority 19th, housing 10th.
Q5

Is tract 45083021302 considered part of Forest Oaks?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45083021302 fall within Forest Oaks (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45083021302?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 143 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 45083021302 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 116.26% of renter households, peaking at 116.3% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 45083021302 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.4% 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. 5.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 45083021302 compare to Spartanburg overall?

Tract 45083021302 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Spartanburg at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Spartanburg eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Spartanburg

Top eight tracts in Spartanburg ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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