Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #34,332 of 84,120 nationally
Sandy Springs Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 45007010602 · Anderson County, SC · pop 3,966 · 17% of tract blocks fall in Sandy Springs
Census tract 45007010602 belongs to Sandy Springs in Anderson County, South Carolina. It is home to 3,966 residents and scores 5.9/10, a moderate reading for landlords. It lands near the 71st percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 30% of renter households, a high level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,070 a month while the average household earns $61,937 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 17% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units1,601
Renter share17.2%
SVI overall0.59
Poverty rate17.2%
Median income$61,937
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
66
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
62
th percentile
Elevated
National
59
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sandy Springs and the region
Centroid at 34.6392, -82.7049 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sandy Springs scores 4.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Sandy Springs
3.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.9
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
17.2% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$1,070 rent vs county FMR
6.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Sandy Springs
9.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Sandy Springs
5.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Sandy Springs
9.5
How Sandy Springs compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 59
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 34%Socioeconomic
- 91%Household composition
- 25%Racial/ethnic minority
- 69%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.
- 11.2%Housing insecurity
- 7.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.7%Food insecurity
- 9.3%SNAP enrollment
- 7.6%Transit barriers
- 11.3%No health insurance
- 17.1%Frequent mental distress
- 35.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sandy Springs
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 9.6/10. 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 Sandy Springs, 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 59th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.7% 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 45007010602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45007010602?
Census tract 45007010602 in Sandy Springs scores 4.4/10 (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 45007010602?
Median gross rent is $1,070/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45007010602?
17.2% of residents in tract 45007010602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,966.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45007010602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 59th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 34th, household 91th, minority 25th, housing 69th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 45007010602 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.2% 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. 7.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 45007010602 compare to Sandy Springs overall?
Tract 45007010602 scores 4.4/10, higher than the parent city of Sandy Springs at 2.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sandy Springs; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Sandy Springs
Top eight tracts in Sandy Springs ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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