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Washington Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Spartanburg

Tract 45083020800 · Spartanburg County, SC · pop 1,173 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

Tract 45083020800 sits in the Washington eviction laws Heights area of Spartanburg eviction risk, SC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.8/10. Population here is 1,173. What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10.

Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 42% Stable renters 55% Owners 3%
Tract context
Occupied units433
Renter share97.2%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate74.4%
Median income$11,175

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Washington Heights
Moderate
Within parent city
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 16 tracts In Spartanburg
Elevated
Within county
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#27 of 87 tracts In Spartanburg County
Elevated
Within state
79 th percentile
Rank, 79th percentileLowHigh
#276 of 1,317 tracts In South Carolina
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Spartanburg and the region

Centroid at 34.9367, -81.9385 · click any tract to drill in

Why Washington Heights scores 4.8

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
74.4% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$351 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Washington Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Washington Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.8This tracttract 0208003.4Spartanburgparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county4.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 97

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)

  • 308Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 64.71%Avg annual filing rate
  • 64.7%Peak (2010)
  • 308Filings 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 Washington Heights

Average gross rent is $351, 68% below the Spartanburg average. Disability prevalence runs 57.3% against 31.5% nationally. The poverty rate is 74%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

On the high side, court filing pressure reads 9.8/10. This is renter territory: 97% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Annualized rent equals 38% of average household income of $11,175, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

Severe burden reaches 23%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 26.7% against 11.3% nationally.

Court records carry 308 eviction filings across 1 observed years. Against the Spartanburg County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.8 points.

Filings peaked in 2010 at 64.7% of renter households.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 45083020800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45083020800?

Census tract 45083020800 in the Washington Heights neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (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 45083020800?

Median gross rent is $351/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 45083020800?

74.4% of residents in tract 45083020800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,173.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 45083020800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 100th, household 69th, minority 92th, housing 89th.
Q5

Is tract 45083020800 considered part of Washington Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45083020800 fall within Washington Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45083020800?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 308 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 45083020800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 64.71% of renter households, peaking at 64.7% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 45083020800 struggle to pay rent?

About 48.9% 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. 42.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 45083020800 compare to Spartanburg overall?

Tract 45083020800 scores 4.8/10, 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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