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Alston Court Eviction Risk: Moderate , Goose Creek

Tract 45015020723 · Berkeley County, SC · pop 3,926 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

With a score of 5.3/10, tract 45015020723 in Alston Court in Goose Creek ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 3,926 residents. That is riskier than about 48% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 34% of renter households, a high level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,390 a month while the average household earns $87,115 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 34% of occupied homes.

Risk score

4.6

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 12% Stable renters 22% Owners 66%

Tract context

Occupied units1,422

Renter share33.8%

SVI overall0.59

Poverty rate2.1%

Median income$87,115

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Goose Creek and the region

Centroid at 32.9969, -80.0462 · click any tract to drill in

Why Alston Court scores 4.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Goose Creek

6.1

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

4.4

State political climate

South Carolina legislature & governorship

2.1

Economic stress

2.1% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$1,390 rent vs county FMR

2.6

Rent control risk

Inherited from Goose Creek

5.7

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.2

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Goose Creek

6.8

Housing court bias

Inherited from Goose Creek

4.8

How Alston Court compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 59

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

67%Socioeconomic
43%Household composition
45%Racial/ethnic minority
52%Housing & transportation

Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

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.

Historic baseline (2000-2018)

619Total filings over 5 yrs
22.56%Avg annual filing rate
29.1%Peak (2014)
167Filings in 2014 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2010 to 2014

Filings climbed 31% 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.

12.9%Housing insecurity
7.5%Utility-shutoff threat
16.8%Food insecurity
7.7%SNAP enrollment
8.0%Transit barriers
14.0%No health insurance
17.1%Frequent mental distress
34.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Alston Court

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 6.8/10. 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 inherited from Goose Creek 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.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 619 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 22.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 29.1% of renter households in 2014.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 59th 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 45015020723

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45015020723?

Census tract 45015020723 in the Alston Court neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 45015020723?

Median gross rent is $1,390/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 45015020723?

2.1% of residents in tract 45015020723 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,926.

How socially vulnerable is tract 45015020723?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 59th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 67th, household 43th, minority 45th, housing 52th.

Is tract 45015020723 considered part of Alston Court?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45015020723 fall within Alston Court (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45015020723?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 619 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45015020723 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 22.56% of renter households, peaking at 29.1% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 45015020723 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.9% 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. 7.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 45015020723 compare to Goose Creek overall?

Tract 45015020723 scores 4.6/10, lower than the parent city of Goose Creek at 4.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Goose Creek eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Goose Creek

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