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Forest Beach Eviction Risk: Lower , Hilton Head Island

Tract 45013011200 · Beaufort County, SC · pop 672 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 45013011200 (Forest Beach in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina) comes in at 5.4/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 52nd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 44% of renter households, a severe level, and 30% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,909 monthly, set against $100,568 in average yearly household income, roughly 23% of income at the averages. About 19% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
2.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8% Stable renters 11% Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units347
Renter share19.0%
SVI overall0.20
Poverty rate4.1%
Median income$100,568

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Forest Beach
Moderate
Within parent city
42 th percentile
Rank, 42nd percentileLowHigh
#8 of 13 tracts In Hilton Head Island
Moderate
Within county
29 th percentile
Rank, 29th percentileLowHigh
#30 of 42 tracts In Beaufort County
Low
Within state
9 th percentile
Rank, 9th percentileLowHigh
#1,200 of 1,317 tracts In South Carolina
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Hilton Head Island and the region

Centroid at 32.1496, -80.7470 · click any tract to drill in

Why Forest Beach scores 2.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Hilton Head Island
5.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.5
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
4.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,909 rent vs county FMR
5.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hilton Head Island
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hilton Head Island
4.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hilton Head Island
5.7

How Forest Beach compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Forest Beach risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 2.12.1This tracttract 011200Hilton Head Island: 2.22.2Hilton Head Islandparent cityCounty: 3.13.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.04.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 20

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)

  • 42Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 7.47%Avg annual filing rate
  • 9.5%Peak (2011)
  • 9Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2014
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 450130112002010: 9 filings (8.91/100 renter HHs)2011: 11 filings (9.48/100 renter HHs)2012: 7 filings (6.03/100 renter HHs)2013: 6 filings (5.17/100 renter HHs)2014: 9 filings (7.76/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 5 months.
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 Forest Beach

The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 6.8/10. 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 Hilton Head Island eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Beaufort County average of 5.5 and in line with the South Carolina statewide average of 5.5. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 20th 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 4.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.3% 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 45013011200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45013011200?

Census tract 45013011200 in the Forest Beach neighborhood scores 2.1/10 (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 45013011200?

Median gross rent is $1,909/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 45013011200?

4.1% of residents in tract 45013011200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 672.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 45013011200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 20th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 26th, household 5th, minority 0th, housing 63th.
Q5

Is tract 45013011200 considered part of Forest Beach?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45013011200 fall within Forest Beach (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45013011200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 42 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45013011200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.47% of renter households, peaking at 9.5% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 45013011200 struggle to pay rent?

About 4.8% 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. 3.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 45013011200 compare to Hilton Head Island overall?

Tract 45013011200 scores 2.1/10, right in line with the parent city of Hilton Head Island at 2.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hilton Head Island eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Hilton Head Island

Top eight tracts in Hilton Head Island ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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