Within county
87
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 45015020202 Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 45015020202 · Berkeley County, SC · pop 3,220
Census tract 45015020202 covers part of Berkeley County, SC, and scores 5/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,220 residents. Against Berkeley County at 37.8%, 2% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
5
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
83
th percentile
High
National
61
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 5
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
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.8/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10.
Disability prevalence runs 49.0% against 31.5% nationally. Housing insecurity runs 27.5% against 14.2% nationally. Running cool, state political climate reads 2.1/10.
Against the Berkeley County average of 3.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points. The poverty rate is 18%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Court records carry 69 eviction filings across 5 observed years. The worst year on record was 2014, when 6.8% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 4.6% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #32,842 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 24% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.5/10.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 45015020202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45015020202?
Census tract 45015020202 in Berkeley County scores 5/10 (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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