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Wadsworth Hills Eviction Risk: Moderate , Spartanburg

Tract 45083020601 · Spartanburg County, SC · pop 3,134 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

With a score of 4.1/10, tract 45083020601 in the Wadsworth Hills area of Spartanburg, SC reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,134 residents. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.8/10.

Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25% Stable renters 24% Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units1,221
Renter share48.8%
SVI overall0.70
Poverty rate17.4%
Median income$53,547

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Wadsworth Hills
Moderate
Within parent city
40 th percentile
Rank, 40th percentileLowHigh
#10 of 16 tracts In Spartanburg
Moderate
Within county
57 th percentile
Rank, 57th percentileLowHigh
#38 of 87 tracts In Spartanburg County
Elevated
Within state
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#533 of 1,317 tracts In South Carolina
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Spartanburg and the region

Centroid at 34.9437, -81.9799 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wadsworth Hills scores 4.1

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
17.4% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$1,140 rent vs county FMR
4.4
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 Wadsworth Hills compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Wadsworth Hills risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.1This tracttract 0206013.4Spartanburgparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county4.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 70

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)

  • 518Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 102.78%Avg annual filing rate
  • 102.8%Peak (2010)
  • 518Filings 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 Wadsworth Hills

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.

Against Spartanburg County at 42.3%, 52% of renters here are cost-burdened. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2/10.

Food insecurity runs 27.6% against 17.8% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 518 filings here across 1 tracked years.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 14.4% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Filings peaked in 2010 at 102.8% of renter households. In a typical year about 102.8% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 44th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 45083020601

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45083020601?

Census tract 45083020601 in the Wadsworth Hills neighborhood 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 average rent in tract 45083020601?

Median gross rent is $1,140/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 45083020601?

17.4% of residents in tract 45083020601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,134.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 45083020601?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 81th, minority 79th, housing 27th.
Q5

Is tract 45083020601 considered part of Wadsworth Hills?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45083020601 fall within Wadsworth Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45083020601?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 518 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 45083020601 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 102.78% of renter households, peaking at 102.8% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 45083020601 struggle to pay rent?

About 21.4% 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. 14.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 45083020601 compare to Spartanburg overall?

Tract 45083020601 scores 4.1/10, 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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