Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #41,206 of 84,120 nationally
Beaufort Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 45013000903 · Beaufort County, SC · pop 2,647 · 38% of tract blocks fall in Beaufort
45013000903 is a census tract in Beaufort, SC. It scores 4.5/10 for landlords. Severe burden reaches 46%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units980
Renter share22.4%
SVI overall0.56
Poverty rate19.4%
Median income$102,727
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
68
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
69
th percentile
Elevated
National
51
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Beaufort and the region
Centroid at 32.3825, -80.6515 · click any tract to drill in
Why Beaufort scores 4.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
19.4% poverty · this tract
4.9
Supply constraint
$1,199 rent vs county FMR
1.6
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 56
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 35%Socioeconomic
- 67%Household composition
- 48%Racial/ethnic minority
- 74%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)
- 39Total filings over 5 yrs
- 4.51%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.7%Peak (2011)
- 6Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
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.
- 10.4%Housing insecurity
- 7.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.2%Food insecurity
- 8.4%SNAP enrollment
- 7.0%Transit barriers
- 10.0%No health insurance
- 13.4%Frequent mental distress
- 28.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Beaufort
Against Beaufort County at 45.1%, about three-quarters of renters here are cost-burdened. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.6/10.
On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.6/10. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.6/10. The poverty rate is 19%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Court records carry 39 eviction filings across 5 observed years. Filings peaked in 2011 at 4.7% of renter households. In a typical year about 4.5% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 51% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. At 22% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.1/10.
Against average income of $102,727, annual rent is just 14%. It tracks the Beaufort County average of 4.0 closely.
Average gross rent is $1,199, close to the Beaufort average.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 45013000903
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45013000903?
Census tract 45013000903 in Beaufort scores 4.5/10 (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 45013000903?
Median gross rent is $1,199/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 72% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45013000903?
19.4% of residents in tract 45013000903 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,647.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45013000903?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 35th, household 67th, minority 48th, housing 74th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45013000903?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 39 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45013000903 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.51% of renter households, peaking at 4.7% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45013000903 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.4% 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. 7.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 45013000903 compare to Beaufort overall?
Tract 45013000903 scores 4.5/10, higher than the parent city of Beaufort at 4.1/10. 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.
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