Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #78,212 of 84,120 nationally
Waterway Arms Eviction Risk: Lower , Mount Pleasant
Tract 45019004701 · Charleston County, SC · pop 6,617 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Census tract 45019004701 runs through the Waterway Arms neighborhood of Mount Pleasant. With 6,617 residents, it scores 4.9/10 for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 34% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
49% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 33% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $2,006 a month against an average household income of $114,502 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 21% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units3,050
Renter share21.0%
SVI overall0.02
Poverty rate4.4%
Median income$114,502
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
40
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
11
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
4
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mount Pleasant and the region
Centroid at 32.7802, -79.8675 · click any tract to drill in
Why Waterway Arms scores 1.6
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
4.4% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$2,006 rent vs county FMR
6.0
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 Waterway Arms compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 2
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 13%Socioeconomic
- 5%Household composition
- 18%Racial/ethnic minority
- 6%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)
- 142Total filings over 4 yrs
- 5.85%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.1%Peak (2014)
- 22Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 48% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 217Total filings 2020-21
- 2.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.74×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. 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.
- 5.3%Housing insecurity
- 3.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.6%Food insecurity
- 2.7%SNAP enrollment
- 3.6%Transit barriers
- 5.5%No health insurance
- 11.9%Frequent mental distress
- 19.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Waterway Arms
The heaviest input here is supply constraint at $1/10. 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 about the same as 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.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.74x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 142 eviction filings here over 4 tracked years, with about 5.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 8.1% of renter households in 2014.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 45019004701
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45019004701?
Census tract 45019004701 in the Waterway Arms neighborhood scores 1.6/10 (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 45019004701?
Median gross rent is $2,006/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45019004701?
4.4% of residents in tract 45019004701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,617.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45019004701?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 2th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 13th, household 5th, minority 18th, housing 6th.
Q5
Is tract 45019004701 considered part of Waterway Arms?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45019004701 fall within Waterway Arms (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45019004701?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 142 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 45019004701 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.85% of renter households, peaking at 8.1% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 45019004701 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.74× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Charleston eviction risk, SC), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 45019004701 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.3% 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. 3.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 45019004701 compare to Mount Pleasant overall?
Tract 45019004701 scores 1.6/10, 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.
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Highest-risk tracts in Mount Pleasant
Top eight tracts in Mount Pleasant ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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2.4
/ 10 · Low
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45019004612
2.3
/ 10 · Low
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45019004619
2.3
/ 10 · Low
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2.2
/ 10 · Low
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2.1
/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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1.8
/ 10 · Very Low
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