Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #19,562 of 84,120 nationally
St. Stephen Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 45015020201 · Berkeley County, SC · pop 3,551 · 54% of tract blocks fall in St. Stephen
Eviction risk in St. Stephen centers on tract 45015020201, which scores $1/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 3,551 residents. That is riskier than about 38% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 23% of renter households, a moderate level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $789 a month against an average household income of $27,418 a year, roughly 35% of income at the averages. Renters make up 28% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units1,286
Renter share27.8%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate36.1%
Median income$27,418
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
85
th percentile
High
National
77
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across St. Stephen and the region
Centroid at 33.3806, -79.8906 · click any tract to drill in
Why St. Stephen scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from St. Stephen
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
36.1% poverty · this tract
9.0
Supply constraint
$789 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from St. Stephen
1.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from St. Stephen
2.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from St. Stephen
1.7
How St. Stephen compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 97
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 93%Socioeconomic
- 93%Household composition
- 66%Racial/ethnic minority
- 96%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)
- 220Total filings over 5 yrs
- 12.11%Avg annual filing rate
- 16.1%Peak (2014)
- 57Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 68% 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.
- 22.8%Housing insecurity
- 17.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 35.0%Food insecurity
- 26.7%SNAP enrollment
- 15.9%Transit barriers
- 16.0%No health insurance
- 19.8%Frequent mental distress
- 46.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in St. Stephen
What moves this score most is economic stress 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 inherited from St. Stephen, 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 220 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 12.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 16.1% of renter households in 2014.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 97th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 45015020201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45015020201?
Census tract 45015020201 in St. Stephen scores 5.4/10 (Moderate 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 45015020201?
Median gross rent is $789/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 23% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45015020201?
36.1% of residents in tract 45015020201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,551.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45015020201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 93th, minority 66th, housing 96th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45015020201?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 220 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45015020201 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.11% of renter households, peaking at 16.1% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45015020201 struggle to pay rent?
About 22.8% 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. 17.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 45015020201 compare to St. Stephen overall?
Tract 45015020201 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of St. Stephen at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from St. Stephen; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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