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Neighborhood · Ranked #22,213 of 84,120 nationally

Ridgewood Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Duncan

Tract 45083023101 · Spartanburg County, SC · pop 5,239 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

The Ridgewood Heights area of Duncan is where census tract 45083023101 sits, home to 5,239 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 5.7/10. That is riskier than roughly 63% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 36% of renter households, a high level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,020 monthly, set against $50,685 in average yearly household income, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 39% of occupied homes.

Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 25% Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units2,258
Renter share39.3%
SVI overall0.67
Poverty rate18.2%
Median income$50,685

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Ridgewood Heights
Moderate
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Duncan
Very High
Within county
76 th percentile
Rank, 76th percentileLowHigh
#22 of 87 tracts In Spartanburg County
High
Within state
81 th percentile
Rank, 81st percentileLowHigh
#247 of 1,317 tracts In South Carolina
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Duncan and the region

Centroid at 34.9269, -82.1336 · click any tract to drill in

Why Ridgewood Heights scores 5.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Duncan
4.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.6
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
18.2% poverty · this tract
4.5
Supply constraint
$1,020 rent vs county FMR
3.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Duncan
4.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Duncan
8.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Duncan
5.9

How Ridgewood Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Ridgewood Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.25.2This tracttract 023101Duncan: 2.42.4Duncanparent cityCounty: 4.34.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.04.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 67

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)

  • 181Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 23.94%Avg annual filing rate
  • 23.9%Peak (2010)
  • 181Filings 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 Ridgewood Heights

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.9/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Duncan, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Spartanburg County average of 5.5 and in line with the South Carolina statewide average of 5.5. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 67th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

In CDC survey modeling, about 16.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 45083023101

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45083023101?

Census tract 45083023101 in the Ridgewood Heights neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (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 45083023101?

Median gross rent is $1,020/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 45083023101?

18.2% of residents in tract 45083023101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,239.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 45083023101?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 61th, household 52th, minority 63th, housing 72th.
Q5

Is tract 45083023101 considered part of Ridgewood Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45083023101 fall within Ridgewood Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45083023101?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 181 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 45083023101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 23.94% of renter households, peaking at 23.9% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 45083023101 struggle to pay rent?

About 16.7% 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. 10.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 45083023101 compare to Duncan overall?

Tract 45083023101 scores 5.2/10, higher than the parent city of Duncan at 2.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Duncan; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Duncan

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

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