Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Blythwood Eviction Risk: Moderate , Piedmont
Tract 45007010200 · Anderson County, SC · pop 5,776 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
45007010200 is a census tract in the Blythwood area of Piedmont, SC. It scores 5.4/10 for landlords. Population here is 5,776. 37% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units2,069
Renter share24.6%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate25.2%
Median income$58,725
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
84
th percentile
High
Within state
93
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Piedmont and the region
Centroid at 34.7136, -82.4742 · click any tract to drill in
Why Blythwood scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Piedmont
4.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.9
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
25.2% poverty · this tract
6.3
Supply constraint
$857 rent vs county FMR
4.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Piedmont
9.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Piedmont
6.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Piedmont
9.1
How Blythwood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 79
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 79%Socioeconomic
- 67%Household composition
- 34%Racial/ethnic minority
- 83%Housing & transportation
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)
- 585Total filings over 5 yrs
- 27.81%Avg annual filing rate
- 34.8%Peak (2014)
- 147Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 52% over the past 5 months.
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.
- 13.4%Housing insecurity
- 9.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.5%Food insecurity
- 11.5%SNAP enrollment
- 8.8%Transit barriers
- 13.1%No health insurance
- 18.9%Frequent mental distress
- 35.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Blythwood
54% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Anderson County average of 36.8%. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.6/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 9.2/10. Running hot, housing-court posture reads 9.1/10.
The poverty rate is 25%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. It sits 1.3 points above the Anderson County average of 4.1.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 585 filings here across 5 tracked years. Average gross rent is $857, 14% above the Piedmont average. Filings peaked in 2014 at 34.8% of renter households.
In a typical year about 27.8% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 25% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.1/10. Rent consumes only 18% of average household income of $58,725, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 45007010200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45007010200?
Census tract 45007010200 in the Blythwood neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (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 45007010200?
Median gross rent is $857/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45007010200?
25.2% of residents in tract 45007010200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,776.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45007010200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 67th, minority 34th, housing 83th.
Q5
Is tract 45007010200 considered part of Blythwood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45007010200 fall within Blythwood (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45007010200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 585 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45007010200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 27.81% of renter households, peaking at 34.8% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 45007010200 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.4% 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. 9.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 45007010200 compare to Piedmont overall?
Tract 45007010200 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Piedmont at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Piedmont; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Piedmont
Top eight tracts in Piedmont ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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