Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #73,892 of 84,120 nationally
Bluffton Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 45013002108 · Beaufort County, SC · pop 4,779 · 3% of tract blocks fall in Bluffton
The Moderate-tier score of $1/10 for census tract 45013002108 reflects conditions in Bluffton in Beaufort County, South Carolina. That is riskier than about 38% of US census tracts.
30% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 7% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,708 a month while the average household earns $89,688 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. About 36% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units1,709
Renter share36.4%
SVI overall0.21
Poverty rate3.2%
Median income$89,688
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
22
th percentile
Low
Within state
8
th percentile
Very Low
National
12
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bluffton and the region
Centroid at 32.2227, -80.8257 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bluffton scores 2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Bluffton
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.5
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
3.2% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,708 rent vs county FMR
4.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bluffton
7.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bluffton
4.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bluffton
5.1
How Bluffton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 21
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 43%Socioeconomic
- 14%Household composition
- 32%Racial/ethnic minority
- 17%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)
- 825Total filings over 5 yrs
- 23.76%Avg annual filing rate
- 31.5%Peak (2012)
- 119Filings 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.
- 10.0%Housing insecurity
- 5.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.7%Food insecurity
- 5.1%SNAP enrollment
- 6.1%Transit barriers
- 12.3%No health insurance
- 14.5%Frequent mental distress
- 23.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bluffton
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 7.1/10. 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 Bluffton eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Beaufort County average of 5.5 and below the South Carolina statewide average of 5.5. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 21st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 45013002108
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45013002108?
Census tract 45013002108 in Bluffton scores 2/10 (Lower 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 45013002108?
Median gross rent is $1,708/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45013002108?
3.2% of residents in tract 45013002108 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,779.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45013002108?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 21th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 43th, household 14th, minority 32th, housing 17th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45013002108?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 825 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45013002108 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 23.76% of renter households, peaking at 31.5% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45013002108 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.0% 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. 5.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 45013002108 compare to Bluffton overall?
Tract 45013002108 scores 2/10, lower than the parent city of Bluffton at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bluffton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Bluffton
Top eight tracts in Bluffton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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