Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally
Aquarium Wharf Eviction Risk: Moderate , Charleston
Tract 45019005100 · Charleston County, SC · pop 1,420 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
With a score of 4.6/10, tract 45019005100 in the Aquarium Wharf area of Charleston, SC reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 1,420. 34% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units821
Renter share50.7%
SVI overall0.45
Poverty rate17.9%
Median income$63,194
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
84
th percentile
High
Within county
78
th percentile
High
Within state
73
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Charleston and the region
Centroid at 32.7867, -79.9265 · click any tract to drill in
Why Aquarium Wharf scores 4.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Charleston
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
17.9% poverty · this tract
4.5
Supply constraint
$1,511 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Charleston
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Charleston
3.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Charleston
3.0
How Aquarium Wharf compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 45
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 63%Socioeconomic
- 40%Household composition
- 42%Racial/ethnic minority
- 27%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)
- 240Total filings over 4 yrs
- 12.42%Avg annual filing rate
- 27.7%Peak (2014)
- 23Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 45% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 352Total filings 2020-21
- 4.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 10.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.43×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.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Aquarium Wharf. 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.
- 8.0%Housing insecurity
- 5.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.4%Food insecurity
- 6.1%SNAP enrollment
- 5.9%Transit barriers
- 7.9%No health insurance
- 13.3%Frequent mental distress
- 26.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Aquarium Wharf
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.7/10. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 2.1/10.
Against Charleston County at 45.9%, 51% of renters here are cost-burdened. SNAP participation runs 6.1% against 15.2% nationally.
The filing record is not thin: 240 evictions over 4 years of observation. It sits 0.9 points above the Charleston County average of 3.7.
Food insecurity runs 10.4% against 17.8% nationally. At $1,511 a month, rents run 12% under what the rest of Charleston commands. The worst year on record was 2014, when 27.7% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 12.4% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 53% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 45019005100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45019005100?
Census tract 45019005100 in the Aquarium Wharf neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (Moderate 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 45019005100?
Median gross rent is $1,511/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45019005100?
17.9% of residents in tract 45019005100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,420.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45019005100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 45th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 63th, household 40th, minority 42th, housing 27th.
Q5
Is tract 45019005100 considered part of Aquarium Wharf?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45019005100 fall within Aquarium Wharf (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45019005100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 240 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 45019005100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.42% of renter households, peaking at 27.7% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 45019005100 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.43× 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 45019005100 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.0% 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. 5.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 45019005100 compare to Charleston overall?
Tract 45019005100 scores 4.6/10, higher than the parent city of Charleston at 3.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Charleston eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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