Within county
94
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #35,899 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 45015020202 Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 45015020202 · Berkeley County, SC · pop 3,220
Berkeley anchors census tract 45015020202, which lands at 4.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 17th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
2% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 1% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $905 monthly, set against $37,826 in average yearly household income, roughly 29% of income at the averages. Renters make up 24% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units1,324
Renter share24.5%
SVI overall0.72
Poverty rate18.3%
Median income$37,826
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
60
th percentile
Elevated
National
57
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Berkeley County and the region
Centroid at 33.4272, -80.0397 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 45015020202 scores 4.3
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
18.3% poverty · this tract
4.6
Supply constraint
$905 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 45015020202 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 72
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 84%Socioeconomic
- 16%Household composition
- 86%Racial/ethnic minority
- 69%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)
- 69Total filings over 5 yrs
- 4.56%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.8%Peak (2014)
- 22Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 100% 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.
- 27.5%Housing insecurity
- 21.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 42.2%Food insecurity
- 33.1%SNAP enrollment
- 18.2%Transit barriers
- 17.5%No health insurance
- 18.4%Frequent mental distress
- 49.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 45015020202
The heaviest input here is 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 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.
The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 72nd 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 69 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 4.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 6.8% of renter households in 2014.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 45015020202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45015020202?
Census tract 45015020202 in Berkeley County scores 4.3/10 (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 45015020202?
Median gross rent is $905/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 2% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45015020202?
18.3% of residents in tract 45015020202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,220.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45015020202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 72th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 16th, minority 86th, housing 69th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45015020202?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 69 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45015020202 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.56% of renter households, peaking at 6.8% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45015020202 struggle to pay rent?
About 27.5% 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. 21.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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