1 census tracts · pop 7,331 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.5/10
· range 4.5–4.5
Emerald Springs maps to a single census tract in Valley Falls, SC and houses 7,331 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 4.5/10, placing it in the Moderate tier. 58% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, well clear of the Valley Falls rate of 29.7%.
What pushes the score up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.3/10. Severe burden reaches 25%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. Running cool is eviction-process difficulty, at 1.5/10.
Running hot is housing-court posture at 7.6/10. Court records for this tract carry 140 eviction filings. The poverty rate is 17%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
The worst year on record was 2010, when filings touched 19.7% of renter households. Judgments average 3.2% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. For a like-for-like read, Cherokee Hollow and Melody Creek score within a fraction of it.
Against average income of $65,819, annual rent is only 19%, a wide affordability cushion. Average gross rent runs $1,051, close to the Valley Falls average. 32% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
One tract means one number: 4.5/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Emerald Springs vs Valley FallsHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority50%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport76%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Emerald Springs
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
140Total filings (sum)
19.72%Avg annual filing rate
19.7%Peak year (2010)
19.72%Latest filed (2010)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Emerald Springs
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
15.9%Housing insecurity
10.2%Utility shutoff threat
20.0%Food insecurity
12.0%SNAP enrollment
13.6%No health insurance
33.2%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Emerald Springs
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Emerald Springs?
Emerald Springs scores 4.5/10 (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 Emerald Springs compare to Valley Falls overall?
Emerald Springs scores 0.4 points higher than Valley Falls overall (4.1/10). Renters spend 58% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $1,051 vs $1,021.
Q3
What is the average rent in Emerald Springs?
Average gross rent in Emerald Springs is $1,051/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Emerald Springs residents are renters?
32% of Emerald Springs households are renter-occupied (vs 49% in Valley Falls). The neighborhood has 7,331 residents.
Q5
Is Emerald Springs a high social-vulnerability area?
Emerald Springs sits in the 68th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately 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 Emerald Springs for landlords?
Emerald Springs carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.5/10). 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 Valley Falls as a whole (4.1/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Emerald Springs?
Emerald Springs has 7,606 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (61.9%), Black (non-Hispanic) (15.9%), Hispanic / Latino (14.2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
