Within parent city
83
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally
Bluffton Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 45013002201 · Beaufort County, SC · pop 6,721 · 8% of tract blocks fall in Bluffton
Census tract 45013002201 covers part of Bluffton, SC, and scores 3.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 6,721 residents. The severe-burden share is 38%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 88%
Tract context
Occupied units3,349
Renter share12.3%
SVI overall0.28
Poverty rate16.0%
Median income$108,153
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
46
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
50
th percentile
Moderate
National
36
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bluffton and the region
Centroid at 32.2800, -80.8216 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bluffton scores 3.7
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
16.0% poverty · this tract
4.0
Supply constraint
$1,635 rent vs county FMR
4.0
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: 28
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 20%Socioeconomic
- 15%Household composition
- 26%Racial/ethnic minority
- 68%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)
- 149Total filings over 5 yrs
- 3.86%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.8%Peak (2013)
- 40Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 48% 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.
- 5.0%Housing insecurity
- 3.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.2%Food insecurity
- 3.6%SNAP enrollment
- 3.9%Transit barriers
- 6.9%No health insurance
- 10.1%Frequent mental distress
- 26.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bluffton
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.6/10. At $1,635 a month, rents run 28% under what the rest of Bluffton commands.
Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.1/10. SNAP participation runs 3.6% against 15.2% nationally.
On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.3/10. Housing insecurity runs 5.0% against 14.2% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 149 filings here across 5 tracked years.
Filings peaked in 2013 at 4.8% of renter households. In a typical year about 3.9% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 35th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
At 12% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 45013002201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45013002201?
Census tract 45013002201 in Bluffton scores 3.7/10 (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 45013002201?
Median gross rent is $1,635/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45013002201?
16.0% of residents in tract 45013002201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,721.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45013002201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 15th, minority 26th, housing 68th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45013002201?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 149 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45013002201 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.86% of renter households, peaking at 4.8% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45013002201 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.0% 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. 3.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 45013002201 compare to Bluffton overall?
Tract 45013002201 scores 3.7/10, right in line with the parent city of Bluffton at 3.7/10. 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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