Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #72,539 of 84,120 nationally
Rockville Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 45019002200 · Charleston County, SC · pop 2,302 · 3% of tract blocks fall in Rockville
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 45019002200 (Rockville, South Carolina) comes in at 5.9/10, the Moderate tier. On the national scale it ranks #24,829 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 46% of renter households, a severe level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,409 a month while the average household earns $93,480 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 9% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units1,063
Renter share9.4%
SVI overall0.66
Poverty rate5.0%
Median income$93,480
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
20
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
9
th percentile
Very Low
National
14
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Rockville and the region
Centroid at 32.6577, -80.1839 · click any tract to drill in
Why Rockville scores 2.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Rockville
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
5.0% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$1,409 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Rockville
9.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Rockville
3.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Rockville
5.6
How Rockville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 66
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 70%Socioeconomic
- 42%Household composition
- 63%Racial/ethnic minority
- 63%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)
- 27Total filings over 4 yrs
- 5.32%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.7%Peak (2012)
- 5Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 55% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 35Total filings 2020-21
- 0.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.67×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). 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.
- 10.0%Housing insecurity
- 6.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.2%Food insecurity
- 6.6%SNAP enrollment
- 6.3%Transit barriers
- 8.3%No health insurance
- 12.6%Frequent mental distress
- 27.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Rockville
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 9.1/10. 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 Rockville, 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.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 66th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 45019002200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45019002200?
Census tract 45019002200 in Rockville scores 2.1/10 (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 45019002200?
Median gross rent is $1,409/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45019002200?
5.0% of residents in tract 45019002200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,302.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45019002200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 70th, household 42th, minority 63th, housing 63th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45019002200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 27 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 45019002200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.32% of renter households, peaking at 8.7% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 45019002200 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.67× 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 45019002200 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.0% 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. 6.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 45019002200 compare to Rockville overall?
Tract 45019002200 scores 2.1/10, right in line with the parent city of Rockville at 2.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Rockville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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