Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally
Ashley Junction Eviction Risk: Lower , North Charleston
Tract 45019003600 · Charleston County, SC · pop 3,052 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
With a score of 3.2/10, tract 45019003600 in the Ashley Junction area of North Charleston, SC reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,052. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.7/10.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 31%
Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units1,638
Renter share52.9%
SVI overall0.33
Poverty rate10.1%
Median income$88,125
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
20
th percentile
Low
Within county
44
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
35
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across North Charleston and the region
Centroid at 32.8779, -79.9843 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ashley Junction scores 3.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from North Charleston
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
10.1% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,414 rent vs county FMR
2.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from North Charleston
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from North Charleston
3.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from North Charleston
3.0
How Ashley Junction compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 33
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 47%Socioeconomic
- 2%Household composition
- 48%Racial/ethnic minority
- 71%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)
- 678Total filings over 4 yrs
- 30.71%Avg annual filing rate
- 40.2%Peak (2014)
- 165Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 17% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 321Total filings 2020-21
- 4.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 12.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.33×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.
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.
- 11.2%Housing insecurity
- 7.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.0%Food insecurity
- 7.4%SNAP enrollment
- 7.3%Transit barriers
- 10.3%No health insurance
- 16.1%Frequent mental distress
- 23.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ashley Junction
Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Severe burden reaches 24%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.1/10.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 678 filings here across 4 tracked years. Cost burden runs 42% here against 45.9% across Charleston County.
SNAP participation runs 7.4% against 15.2% nationally. Filings peaked in 2014 at 40.2% of renter households.
In a typical year about 30.7% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 25th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 45019003600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45019003600?
Census tract 45019003600 in the Ashley Junction neighborhood scores 3.2/10 (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 45019003600?
Median gross rent is $1,414/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45019003600?
10.1% of residents in tract 45019003600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,052.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45019003600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 33th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 47th, household 2th, minority 48th, housing 71th.
Q5
Is tract 45019003600 considered part of Ashley Junction?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45019003600 fall within Ashley Junction (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45019003600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 678 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 45019003600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 30.71% of renter households, peaking at 40.2% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 45019003600 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.33× 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.
Q8
What share of households in tract 45019003600 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.2% 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. 7.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 45019003600 compare to North Charleston overall?
Tract 45019003600 scores 3.2/10, right in line with the parent city of North Charleston at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from North Charleston eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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