Within county
34
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #68,306 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 45015020102 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 45015020102 · Berkeley County, SC · pop 3,608
Here is how census tract 45015020102, in Berkeley, looks to a landlord: a 3.9/10 eviction-risk score (Lower tier) across a population of 3,608. On the national scale it ranks #75,768 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
0% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $836 monthly, set against $89,046 in average yearly household income, roughly 11% of income at the averages. Renters make up 16% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.4
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units1,149
Renter share16.4%
SVI overall0.56
Poverty rate5.5%
Median income$89,046
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
14
th percentile
Very Low
National
19
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Berkeley County and the region
Centroid at 33.1910, -80.2731 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 45015020102 scores 2.4
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
5.5% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$836 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 45015020102 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.
- 41%Socioeconomic
- 51%Household composition
- 58%Racial/ethnic minority
- 70%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)
- 71Total filings over 5 yrs
- 10.97%Avg annual filing rate
- 18.7%Peak (2012)
- 16Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 78% 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.
- 14.9%Housing insecurity
- 9.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.6%Food insecurity
- 10.4%SNAP enrollment
- 9.0%Transit barriers
- 12.6%No health insurance
- 17.0%Frequent mental distress
- 34.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 45015020102
The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at $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 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 well 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 71 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 11.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 18.7% of renter households in 2012.
In CDC survey modeling, about 14.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 45015020102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45015020102?
Census tract 45015020102 in Berkeley County scores 2.4/10 (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 45015020102?
Median gross rent is $836/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 0% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45015020102?
5.5% of residents in tract 45015020102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,608.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45015020102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 41th, household 51th, minority 58th, housing 70th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45015020102?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 71 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45015020102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.97% of renter households, peaking at 18.7% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45015020102 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.9% 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. 9.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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