George S Legare Homes Eviction Risk: Moderate , North Charleston

25% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. 80% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.

Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1/10. At $986 a month, rents run 31% under what the rest of North Charleston commands. It sits 1.1 points above the Charleston County average of 3.7.

Housing insecurity runs 23.7% against 14.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 19%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Court records carry 2,509 eviction filings across 4 observed years.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 17.0% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The worst year on record was 2013, when 71.8% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 56.1% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 58th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.