Within parent city
47
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #77,226 of 84,120 nationally
Mount Pleasant Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 45019004614 · Charleston County, SC · pop 6,816 · 68% of tract blocks fall in Mount Pleasant
Census tract 45019004614 belongs to Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. It is home to 6,816 residents and scores 4.8/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than about 31% of US census tracts.
46% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,849 a month against an average household income of $103,250 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 27% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units2,825
Renter share27.0%
SVI overall0.08
Poverty rate3.5%
Median income$103,250
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
12
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
5
th percentile
Very Low
National
8
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mount Pleasant and the region
Centroid at 32.8597, -79.8709 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mount Pleasant scores 1.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Mount Pleasant
2.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
3.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,849 rent vs county FMR
5.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Mount Pleasant
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Mount Pleasant
1.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Mount Pleasant
2.0
How Mount Pleasant compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 8
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 4%Socioeconomic
- 48%Household composition
- 17%Racial/ethnic minority
- 12%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)
- 72Total filings over 4 yrs
- 2.81%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.4%Peak (2015)
- 22Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 83% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 290Total filings 2020-21
- 3.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 2.61×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. 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.
- 6.0%Housing insecurity
- 4.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.1%Food insecurity
- 2.9%SNAP enrollment
- 3.9%Transit barriers
- 5.6%No health insurance
- 12.3%Frequent mental distress
- 18.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mount Pleasant
The heaviest input here is supply constraint at 5.2/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Mount Pleasant eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Charleston County average of 5.2 and below the South Carolina statewide average of 5.5. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 8th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 6.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.0% 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 45019004614
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45019004614?
Census tract 45019004614 in Mount Pleasant scores 1.7/10 (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 45019004614?
Median gross rent is $1,849/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45019004614?
3.5% of residents in tract 45019004614 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,816.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45019004614?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 8th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 48th, minority 17th, housing 12th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45019004614?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 72 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 45019004614 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.81% of renter households, peaking at 3.4% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 45019004614 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 2.61× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Charleston eviction risk, SC), 2020-2021.
Q7
What share of households in tract 45019004614 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.0% 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. 4.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 45019004614 compare to Mount Pleasant overall?
Tract 45019004614 scores 1.7/10, lower than the parent city of Mount Pleasant at 2.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Mount Pleasant eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Mount Pleasant
Top eight tracts in Mount Pleasant ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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Myrtle Acres
2.4
/ 10 · Low
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Bayview Acres
2.4
/ 10 · Low
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45019004619
2.3
/ 10 · Low
Tract · SC
45019004612
2.3
/ 10 · Low
Tract · SC
Creekside Park
2.2
/ 10 · Low
Tract · SC
Creekside Park
2.1
/ 10 · Low
Tract · SC
45019004609
2
/ 10 · Low
Tract · SC
45019004616
1.8
/ 10 · Very Low
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