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The Retreat at Johns Island Eviction Risk: Lower , Charleston

Tract 45019002107 · Charleston County, SC · pop 11,193 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

45019002107 is a census tract in the The Retreat at Johns Island area of Charleston, SC. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Population here is 11,193. The severe-burden share is 33%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9% Stable renters 9% Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units4,713
Renter share17.4%
SVI overall0.30
Poverty rate9.5%
Median income$115,085

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In The Retreat at Johns Island
Moderate
Within parent city
7 th percentile
Rank, 7th percentileLowHigh
#42 of 45 tracts In Charleston
Very Low
Within county
19 th percentile
Rank, 19th percentileLowHigh
#80 of 98 tracts In Charleston County
Very 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 32.7308, -80.0653 · click any tract to drill in

Why The Retreat at Johns Island scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Charleston
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
9.5% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,587 rent vs county FMR
3.7
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 The Retreat at Johns Island compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
The Retreat at Johns Island risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 0021073.5Charlestonparent city3.7Countyavg tract in county4.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 30

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

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 347Total filings 2020-21
  • 4.5Avg monthly (observed)
  • 9.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.50×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Charleston, SC as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

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 The Retreat at Johns Island

The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.7/10. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.

Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.1/10. SNAP participation runs 5.2% against 15.2% nationally.

Food insecurity runs 10.0% against 17.8% nationally. It sits 0.7 points below the Charleston County average of 3.7. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Only 17% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $115,085, an unusually wide affordability cushion.

Statewide the SC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 1.0 points cooler. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 49% of renters.

Average gross rent is $1,587, close to the Charleston average.

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 45019002107

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45019002107?

Census tract 45019002107 in the The Retreat at Johns Island 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 45019002107?

Median gross rent is $1,587/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 45019002107?

9.5% of residents in tract 45019002107 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 11,193.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 45019002107?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 30th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 34th, household 5th, minority 46th, housing 62th.
Q5

Is tract 45019002107 considered part of The Retreat at Johns Island?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45019002107 fall within The Retreat at Johns Island (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 45019002107 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.50× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Charleston eviction risk, SC), 2020-2021.
Q7

What share of households in tract 45019002107 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.2% 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. 5.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 45019002107 compare to Charleston overall?

Tract 45019002107 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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