Skip to content
Census Tract · Ranked #15,522 of 84,120 nationally

Beaufort Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 45013000200 · Beaufort County, SC · pop 5,671 · 23% of tract blocks fall in Beaufort

The Elevated-tier score of 6.1/10 for census tract 45013000200 reflects conditions in Beaufort, South Carolina. It lands near the 77th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 39% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 11% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,020 a month while the average household earns $54,250 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. Renters make up 29% of occupied homes.

Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12% Stable renters 18% Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units2,031
Renter share29.5%
SVI overall0.65
Poverty rate26.3%
Median income$54,250

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#2 of 7 tracts In Beaufort
High
Within county
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 42 tracts In Beaufort County
Very High
Within state
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#131 of 1,317 tracts In South Carolina
Very High
National
82 th percentile
Rank, 82nd percentileLowHigh
#15,522 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Beaufort and the region

Centroid at 32.4981, -80.7462 · click any tract to drill in

Why Beaufort scores 5.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Beaufort
5.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.5
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
26.3% poverty · this tract
6.6
Supply constraint
$1,020 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Beaufort
7.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Beaufort
8.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Beaufort
7.7

How Beaufort compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Beaufort risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.75.7This tracttract 000200Beaufort: 2.52.5Beaufortparent cityCounty: 3.13.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.04.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 65

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 650Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 25.86%Avg annual filing rate
  • 27.4%Peak (2014)
  • 136Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2014
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 450130002002010: 125 filings (23.67/100 renter HHs)2011: 125 filings (25.15/100 renter HHs)2012: 129 filings (25.96/100 renter HHs)2013: 135 filings (27.16/100 renter HHs)2014: 136 filings (27.36/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 5 months.
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Beaufort

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.3/10. 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 Beaufort eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Beaufort 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 26.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 20.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is Black and White and ranks around the 65th 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.

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 45013000200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45013000200?

Census tract 45013000200 in Beaufort scores 5.7/10 (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 45013000200?

Median gross rent is $1,020/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 45013000200?

26.3% of residents in tract 45013000200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,671.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 45013000200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 61th, household 92th, minority 77th, housing 24th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45013000200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 650 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45013000200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 25.86% of renter households, peaking at 27.4% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 45013000200 struggle to pay rent?

About 26.5% 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. 20.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 45013000200 compare to Beaufort overall?

Tract 45013000200 scores 5.7/10, higher than the parent city of Beaufort at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Beaufort eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Beaufort

Top eight tracts in Beaufort ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

Related