1 census tracts · pop 4,473 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5/10
· range 5–5
Lanier Heights maps to a single census tract in Drayton, SC and houses 4,473 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 5/10, in the Moderate tier. 51% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, well clear of the Drayton rate of 27.7%.
The strongest single driver of the headline number is tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10. The severe-burden share is 33%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
On the high side is housing-court posture at 9.4/10. Sitting well above the midpoint is rent-regulation exposure at 9.2/10.
At $1,134 a month, rents sit 21% under what the rest of Drayton commands. Court records for this tract carry 288 eviction filings.
The poverty rate is 17%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Food insecurity affects 27.0% of adults, 9.2 points above the national rate. Filing activity peaked in 2010 at 36.0% of renter households.
17.8% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt. Judgments average 13.0% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. Social vulnerability runs high at 9.6/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.
Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $51,963. 60% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
One tract means one number: 5/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
5
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Lanier Heights vs DraytonHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority77%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport98%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Lanier Heights
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
288Total filings (sum)
35.96%Avg annual filing rate
36.0%Peak year (2010)
35.96%Latest filed (2010)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Lanier Heights
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
20.3%Housing insecurity
13.2%Utility shutoff threat
27.0%Food insecurity
17.6%SNAP enrollment
17.8%No health insurance
38.1%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Lanier Heights
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Lanier Heights?
Lanier Heights scores 5/10 (Moderate tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Lanier Heights compare to Drayton overall?
Lanier Heights scores 0.8 points higher than Drayton overall (4.2/10). Renters spend 51% of income on rent vs 28% citywide. Average rent: $1,134 vs $1,438.
Q3
What is the average rent in Lanier Heights?
Average gross rent in Lanier Heights is $1,134/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Lanier Heights residents are renters?
60% of Lanier Heights households are renter-occupied (vs 37% in Drayton). The neighborhood has 4,473 residents.
Q5
Is Lanier Heights a high social-vulnerability area?
Lanier Heights sits in the 96th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Lanier Heights for landlords?
Lanier Heights carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Drayton as a whole (4.2/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Lanier Heights?
Lanier Heights has 4,933 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (43.1%), White (non-Hispanic) (35.7%), Hispanic / Latino (18.1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.