Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #71,178 of 84,120 nationally
Folly Beach Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 45019002004 · Charleston County, SC · pop 684 · 93% of tract blocks fall in Folly Beach
Tract 45019002004, home to 684 residents in Folly Beach in Charleston County, scores 6.1/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 77% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 100% of renter households, a severe level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,930 monthly, set against $97,891 in average yearly household income, roughly 24% of income at the averages. About 11% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 0%
Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units381
Renter share11.3%
SVI overall0.03
Poverty rate5.2%
Median income$97,891
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
26
th percentile
Low
Within state
10
th percentile
Very Low
National
15
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Folly Beach and the region
Centroid at 32.6591, -79.9360 · click any tract to drill in
Why Folly Beach scores 2.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Folly Beach
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
5.2% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$1,930 rent vs county FMR
5.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Folly Beach
7.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Folly Beach
2.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Folly Beach
6.3
How Folly Beach compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 3
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 6%Socioeconomic
- 6%Household composition
- 0%Racial/ethnic minority
- 20%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)
- 65Total filings over 4 yrs
- 4.36%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.2%Peak (2013)
- 13Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 44Total filings 2020-21
- 0.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.79×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Charleston, SC as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
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.
- 5.0%Housing insecurity
- 3.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.9%Food insecurity
- 3.0%SNAP enrollment
- 3.6%Transit barriers
- 5.5%No health insurance
- 11.1%Frequent mental distress
- 23.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Folly Beach
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 7.9/10. 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 Folly Beach, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Charleston County average of 5.2 and above the South Carolina statewide average of 5.5. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.79x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 65 eviction filings here over 4 tracked years, with about 4.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 6.2% of renter households in 2013.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 45019002004
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45019002004?
Census tract 45019002004 in Folly Beach scores 2.2/10 (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 45019002004?
Median gross rent is $1,930/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 100% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45019002004?
5.2% of residents in tract 45019002004 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 684.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45019002004?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 3th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 6th, minority 0th, housing 20th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45019002004?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 65 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 45019002004 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.36% of renter households, peaking at 6.2% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 45019002004 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.79× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Charleston eviction risk, SC), 2020-2021.
Q7
What share of households in tract 45019002004 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.0% 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. 3.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 45019002004 compare to Folly Beach overall?
Tract 45019002004 scores 2.2/10, lower than the parent city of Folly Beach at 2.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Folly Beach; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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