Within county
85
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #44,543 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 45015020101 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 45015020101 · Berkeley County, SC · pop 2,817
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 45015020101 (Berkeley in Berkeley County, South Carolina) comes in at 4.5/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 22nd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 0% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $57,867 a year. Renters make up 11% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 65% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units1,326
Renter share10.9%
SVI overall0.41
Poverty rate16.9%
Median income$57,867
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
46
th percentile
Moderate
National
47
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Berkeley County and the region
Centroid at 33.3433, -80.1702 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 45015020101 scores 3.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
2.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
16.9% poverty · this tract
4.2
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
State baseline
2.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 45015020101 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 41
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 57%Socioeconomic
- 32%Household composition
- 62%Racial/ethnic minority
- 21%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)
- 111Total filings over 5 yrs
- 11.13%Avg annual filing rate
- 18.9%Peak (2014)
- 34Filings 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.
- 17.6%Housing insecurity
- 12.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 25.4%Food insecurity
- 15.4%SNAP enrollment
- 11.1%Transit barriers
- 13.0%No health insurance
- 16.7%Frequent mental distress
- 40.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 45015020101
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are set by South Carolina eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Berkeley 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 17.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 12.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 41st 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, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 45015020101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45015020101?
Census tract 45015020101 in Berkeley County scores 3.8/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 45015020101?
16.9% of residents in tract 45015020101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,817.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 45015020101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 41th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 57th, household 32th, minority 62th, housing 21th.
Q4
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45015020101?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 111 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45015020101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.13% of renter households, peaking at 18.9% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q5
What share of households in tract 45015020101 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.6% 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. 12.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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