Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #44,543 of 84,120 nationally
Woodruff Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 45083023601 · Spartanburg County, SC · pop 1,193 · 12% of tract blocks fall in Woodruff
Here is how census tract 45083023601, in Woodruff in Spartanburg County, looks to a landlord: a 5.2/10 eviction-risk score (Moderate tier) across a population of 1,193. That is riskier than roughly 45% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
34% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 4% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $963 a month against an average household income of $71,691 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. About 32% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units465
Renter share31.6%
SVI overall0.10
Poverty rate1.4%
Median income$71,691
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
35
th percentile
Low
Within state
46
th percentile
Moderate
National
47
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Woodruff and the region
Centroid at 34.7029, -82.0194 · click any tract to drill in
Why Woodruff scores 3.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Woodruff
4.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.6
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
1.4% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$963 rent vs county FMR
3.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Woodruff
4.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Woodruff
8.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Woodruff
5.8
How Woodruff compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 10
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 46%Socioeconomic
- 6%Household composition
- 6%Racial/ethnic minority
- 7%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
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.
- 13.2%Housing insecurity
- 8.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.9%Food insecurity
- 10.2%SNAP enrollment
- 8.4%Transit barriers
- 12.3%No health insurance
- 17.9%Frequent mental distress
- 34.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Woodruff
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.8/10. 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 Woodruff, 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 safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 10th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 13.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.5% 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 45083023601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45083023601?
Census tract 45083023601 in Woodruff scores 3.8/10 (Lower 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 45083023601?
Median gross rent is $963/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45083023601?
1.4% of residents in tract 45083023601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,193.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45083023601?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 46th, household 6th, minority 6th, housing 7th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 45083023601 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.2% 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. 8.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 45083023601 compare to Woodruff overall?
Tract 45083023601 scores 3.8/10, higher than the parent city of Woodruff at 2.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Woodruff; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Woodruff
Top eight tracts in Woodruff ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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