Charleston Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , North Charleston

Cost burden runs 62% here against 45.9% across Charleston County. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 29.3% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Annualized rent equals 39% of average household income of $33,000, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. The poverty rate is 30%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

The severe-burden share is 20%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. 68% 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.

Disability prevalence runs 46.0% against 31.5% nationally. At $1,070 a month, rents run 25% under what the rest of North Charleston commands.

Against the Charleston County average of 3.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,627 filings here across 4 tracked years.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.