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Neighborhood · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally

Hillcrest Eviction Risk: Moderate , Spartanburg

Tract 45083021301 · Spartanburg County, SC · pop 1,858 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

With a score of 4.2/10, tract 45083021301 in the Hillcrest area of Spartanburg, SC reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,858 residents. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.8/10.

Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33% Stable renters 35% Owners 32%
Tract context
Occupied units886
Renter share68.4%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate18.7%
Median income$50,645

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Hillcrest
Moderate
Within parent city
53 th percentile
Rank, 53rd percentileLowHigh
#8 of 16 tracts In Spartanburg
Moderate
Within county
59 th percentile
Rank, 59th percentileLowHigh
#36 of 87 tracts In Spartanburg County
Elevated
Within state
62 th percentile
Rank, 62nd percentileLowHigh
#502 of 1,317 tracts In South Carolina
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Spartanburg and the region

Centroid at 34.9740, -81.8916 · click any tract to drill in

Why Hillcrest scores 4.2

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
18.7% poverty · this tract
4.7
Supply constraint
$1,147 rent vs county FMR
4.5
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 Hillcrest compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Hillcrest risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.2This tracttract 0213013.4Spartanburgparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county4.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 73

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)

  • 112Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 11.10%Avg annual filing rate
  • 11.1%Peak (2010)
  • 112Filings 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 Hillcrest

29% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. This is renter territory: 68% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 2/10. 49% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Spartanburg County average of 42.3%.

The poverty rate is 19%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Court records carry 112 eviction filings across 1 observed years.

Filings peaked in 2010 at 11.1% of renter households. In a typical year about 11.1% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #45,786 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Spartanburg County average of 4.0 closely.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 45083021301

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45083021301?

Census tract 45083021301 in the Hillcrest neighborhood scores 4.2/10 (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 45083021301?

Median gross rent is $1,147/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 45083021301?

18.7% of residents in tract 45083021301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,858.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 45083021301?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 61th, minority 66th, housing 88th.
Q5

Is tract 45083021301 considered part of Hillcrest?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45083021301 fall within Hillcrest (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45083021301?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 112 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 45083021301 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.10% of renter households, peaking at 11.1% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 45083021301 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.5% 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. 9.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 45083021301 compare to Spartanburg overall?

Tract 45083021301 scores 4.2/10, higher 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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