Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #58,384 of 84,120 nationally
Pinopolis Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 45015020503 · Berkeley County, SC · pop 5,067 · 9% of tract blocks fall in Pinopolis
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 45015020503 (Pinopolis in Berkeley County, South Carolina) comes in at 4.3/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 17% of US census tracts.
24% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $929 a month against an average household income of $69,130 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 20% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units2,184
Renter share20.3%
SVI overall0.55
Poverty rate11.7%
Median income$69,130
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
66
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
27
th percentile
Low
National
31
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pinopolis and the region
Centroid at 33.2180, -80.0966 · click any tract to drill in
Why Pinopolis scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Pinopolis
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
11.7% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$929 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Pinopolis
1.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Pinopolis
1.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Pinopolis
2.0
How Pinopolis compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 55
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 46%Socioeconomic
- 52%Household composition
- 42%Racial/ethnic minority
- 67%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)
- 262Total filings over 5 yrs
- 12.65%Avg annual filing rate
- 17.8%Peak (2014)
- 74Filings 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.
- 11.6%Housing insecurity
- 7.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.5%Food insecurity
- 8.3%SNAP enrollment
- 7.5%Transit barriers
- 10.1%No health insurance
- 15.7%Frequent mental distress
- 33.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Pinopolis
What moves this score most is economic stress at 2.9/10. 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 Pinopolis, 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 55th 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 45015020503
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45015020503?
Census tract 45015020503 in Pinopolis 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 45015020503?
Median gross rent is $929/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 24% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45015020503?
11.7% of residents in tract 45015020503 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,067.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45015020503?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 46th, household 52th, minority 42th, housing 67th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45015020503?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 262 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45015020503 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.65% of renter households, peaking at 17.8% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45015020503 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.6% 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. 7.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 45015020503 compare to Pinopolis overall?
Tract 45015020503 scores 3/10, higher than the parent city of Pinopolis at 2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Pinopolis; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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