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Neighborhood · Ranked #65,113 of 84,120 nationally

Point Hope Eviction Risk: Lower , Charleston

Tract 45015020404 · Berkeley County, SC · pop 7,007 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

How risky is the Point Hope neighborhood of Charleston for landlords? Census tract 45015020404 scores 5.2/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 45% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 62% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 30% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,800 a month against an average household income of $91,472 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 39% of occupied homes.

Risk score
2.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24% Stable renters 15% Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units3,371
Renter share38.5%
SVI overall0.10
Poverty rate4.2%
Median income$91,472

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Point Hope
Moderate
Within parent city
23 th percentile
Rank, 23rd percentileLowHigh
#35 of 45 tracts In Charleston
Low
Within county
47 th percentile
Rank, 47th percentileLowHigh
#26 of 48 tracts In Berkeley County
Moderate
Within state
18 th percentile
Rank, 18th percentileLowHigh
#1,078 of 1,317 tracts In South Carolina
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Charleston and the region

Centroid at 32.9212, -79.8905 · click any tract to drill in

Why Point Hope scores 2.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Charleston
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
4.2% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,800 rent vs county FMR
4.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Charleston
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Charleston
3.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Charleston
3.0

How Point Hope compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Point Hope risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 2.62.6This tracttract 020404Charleston: 2.62.6Charlestonparent cityCounty: 2.92.9Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.04.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 10

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 105Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 5.68%Avg annual filing rate
  • 8.1%Peak (2010)
  • 12Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2014
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 450150204042010: 31 filings (8.05/100 renter HHs)2011: 26 filings (7.14/100 renter HHs)2012: 19 filings (5.22/100 renter HHs)2013: 17 filings (4.67/100 renter HHs)2014: 12 filings (3.30/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 61% over the past 5 months.
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Point Hope

The heaviest input here is supply constraint at 4.9/10. 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 Charleston eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Berkeley County average of 5.5 and in line with the South Carolina statewide average of 5.5. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 10th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

In CDC survey modeling, about 7.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 45015020404

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45015020404?

Census tract 45015020404 in the Point Hope neighborhood scores 2.6/10 (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 45015020404?

Median gross rent is $1,800/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 45015020404?

4.2% of residents in tract 45015020404 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,007.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 45015020404?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 2th, minority 30th, housing 33th.
Q5

Is tract 45015020404 considered part of Point Hope?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45015020404 fall within Point Hope (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45015020404?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 105 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45015020404 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.68% of renter households, peaking at 8.1% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 45015020404 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.8% 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. 5.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 45015020404 compare to Charleston overall?

Tract 45015020404 scores 2.6/10, right in line with the parent city of Charleston at 2.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Charleston eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Charleston

Top eight tracts in Charleston ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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