1 census tracts · pop 4,701 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6.9/10
· range 6.9–6.9
Mills Mill maps to a single census tract in Saxon, SC, population 4,701. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 6.9/10, Elevated tier. Against a Saxon baseline of 29.6%, 51% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
What pushes the score up most is economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 46%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. 25.0% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, against a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
Set annual rent against average household income of $28,462 and the ratio lands at 41%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Sitting well above the midpoint is tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10. CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 33.0% of adults, against 14.2% nationally.
Severe burden reaches 26%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. Running hot is housing-court posture at 9.2/10.
Court records for this tract carry 225 eviction filings. The worst year on record was 2010, when filings touched 34.2% of renter households. Judgments average 13.8% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
Social vulnerability runs high at 10/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.
One tract means one number: 6.9/10 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
6.9
Elevated
1 tracts · population-weighted
Mills Mill vs SaxonHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority82%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport100%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Mills Mill
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
225Total filings (sum)
34.19%Avg annual filing rate
34.2%Peak year (2010)
34.19%Latest filed (2010)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Mills Mill
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
33.0%Housing insecurity
25.0%Utility shutoff threat
47.7%Food insecurity
40.1%SNAP enrollment
25.4%No health insurance
48.7%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Mills Mill
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Mills Mill?
Mills Mill scores 6.9/10 (Elevated 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 Mills Mill compare to Saxon overall?
Mills Mill scores 1.4 points higher than Saxon overall (5.5/10). Renters spend 51% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $976 vs $934.
Q3
What is the average rent in Mills Mill?
Average gross rent in Mills Mill is $976/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Mills Mill residents are renters?
58% of Mills Mill households are renter-occupied (vs 62% in Saxon). The neighborhood has 4,701 residents.
Q5
Is Mills Mill a high social-vulnerability area?
Mills Mill sits in the 100th 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 Mills Mill for landlords?
Mills Mill carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6.9/10). 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 Saxon as a whole (5.5/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Mills Mill?
Mills Mill has 4,725 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (43.9%), White (non-Hispanic) (27.3%), Hispanic / Latino (21.9%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
