Within parent city
19
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Summerville Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 45035010503 · Dorchester County, SC · pop 6,527 · 1% of tract blocks fall in Summerville
Tract 45035010503 sits in Summerville eviction risk, SC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. Population here is 6,527. The severe-burden share is 47%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 1%
Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units2,378
Renter share10.1%
SVI overall0.31
Poverty rate4.1%
Median income$94,000
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
3
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
29
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Summerville and the region
Centroid at 32.9938, -80.2777 · click any tract to drill in
Why Summerville scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Summerville
2.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.5
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
4.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,652 rent vs county FMR
4.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Summerville
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Summerville
1.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Summerville
2.0
How Summerville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 31
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 16%Socioeconomic
- 37%Household composition
- 39%Racial/ethnic minority
- 59%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)
- 253Total filings over 6 yrs
- 33.24%Avg annual filing rate
- 43.4%Peak (2014)
- 39Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 6 months.
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.
- 9.1%Housing insecurity
- 5.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.3%Food insecurity
- 5.1%SNAP enrollment
- 5.7%Transit barriers
- 9.0%No health insurance
- 14.7%Frequent mental distress
- 25.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Summerville
90% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Dorchester County average of 43.4%. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.8/10.
Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1/10.
SNAP participation runs 5.1% against 15.2% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 253 evictions over 6 years of observation. Food insecurity runs 10.3% against 17.8% nationally.
Filings peaked in 2014 at 43.4% of renter households. Average gross rent is $1,652, 8% above the Summerville average. In a typical year about 33.2% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 10% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 45035010503
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45035010503?
Census tract 45035010503 in Summerville scores 3/10 (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 45035010503?
Median gross rent is $1,652/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 90% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45035010503?
4.1% of residents in tract 45035010503 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,527.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45035010503?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 37th, minority 39th, housing 59th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45035010503?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 253 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 45035010503 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 33.24% of renter households, peaking at 43.4% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45035010503 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.1% 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.
Q7
How does tract 45035010503 compare to Summerville overall?
Tract 45035010503 scores 3/10, right in line with the parent city of Summerville at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Summerville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Summerville
Top eight tracts in Summerville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
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Dorchester Crossing
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
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3.8
/ 10 · Low
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Cotton Hill
3.7
/ 10 · Low
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3.5
/ 10 · Low
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3.4
/ 10 · Low
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3.2
/ 10 · Low
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