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Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Point Hope Eviction Risk: Lower , Charleston

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

Tract 45015020404 sits in the Point Hope area of Charleston eviction risk, SC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. Population here is 7,007. 62% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Berkeley County average of 37.8%.

Risk score
3
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
21 th percentile
Rank, 21st percentileLowHigh
#38 of 48 tracts In Berkeley County
Low
Within state
29 th percentile
Rank, 29th percentileLowHigh
#932 of 1,317 tracts In South Carolina
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 3

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 / state3.0This tracttract 0204043.5Charlestonparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county4.0Stateavg 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 45015020404
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 score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.8/10. The severe-burden share is 30%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1/10.

SNAP participation runs 3.6% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 8.5% against 17.8% nationally.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 105 filings here across 5 tracked years. Against the Berkeley County average of 3.8, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points. Filings peaked in 2010 at 8.1% of renter households.

In a typical year about 5.7% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 1.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the SC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 1.0 points cooler.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

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 3/10 (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 3/10, lower than the parent city of Charleston at 3.5/10. 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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