Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #18,240 of 84,120 nationally
Blythwood Eviction Risk: Moderate , Piedmont
Tract 45007010200 · Anderson County, SC · pop 5,776 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
Census tract 45007010200 belongs to the Blythwood area of Piedmont, South Carolina. It is home to 5,776 residents and scores 6.7/10, an elevated reading for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #8,767 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 54% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 37% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $857 a month while the average household earns $58,725 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 25% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5.5
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
87
th percentile
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 5.5
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
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 9.2/10. 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 Piedmont, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Anderson County average of 5.5 and above the South Carolina statewide average of 5.5. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 79th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
In CDC survey modeling, about 13.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 45007010200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45007010200?
Census tract 45007010200 in the Blythwood neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (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 5.5/10, higher than the parent city of Piedmont at 2.9/10. 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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