Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Blue Springs Eviction Risk: Moderate , Wellford
Tract 45083023104 · Spartanburg County, SC · pop 4,175 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Census tract 45083023104 covers part of the Blue Springs area of Wellford, SC, and scores 5.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.8/10.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units1,659
Renter share27.8%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate23.8%
Median income$51,110
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
87
th percentile
High
Within state
85
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wellford and the region
Centroid at 34.9407, -82.1079 · click any tract to drill in
Why Blue Springs scores 5.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Wellford
4.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.6
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
23.8% poverty · this tract
6.0
Supply constraint
$1,101 rent vs county FMR
4.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wellford
8.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wellford
5.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wellford
7.7
How Blue Springs compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 94
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 85%Socioeconomic
- 96%Household composition
- 62%Racial/ethnic minority
- 91%Housing & transportation
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.
- 18.3%Housing insecurity
- 12.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 25.0%Food insecurity
- 17.2%SNAP enrollment
- 11.9%Transit barriers
- 15.5%No health insurance
- 19.4%Frequent mental distress
- 38.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Blue Springs
On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.4/10. Cost burden runs 51% here against 42.3% across Spartanburg County. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.8/10.
The severe-burden share is 16%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The poverty rate is 24%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. It sits 1.1 points above the Spartanburg County average of 4.0.
Food insecurity runs 25.0% against 17.8% nationally. At $1,101 a month, rents run 13% under what the rest of Wellford commands. That is riskier than roughly 63% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.5/10. Statewide the SC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 1.1 points hotter.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 45083023104
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45083023104?
Census tract 45083023104 in the Blue Springs neighborhood scores 5.1/10 (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 45083023104?
Median gross rent is $1,101/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45083023104?
23.8% of residents in tract 45083023104 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,175.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45083023104?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 96th, minority 62th, housing 91th.
Q5
Is tract 45083023104 considered part of Blue Springs?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45083023104 fall within Blue Springs (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 45083023104 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.3% 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. 12.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 45083023104 compare to Wellford overall?
Tract 45083023104 scores 5.1/10, higher than the parent city of Wellford at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wellford; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Wellford
Top eight tracts in Wellford ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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