University Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , North Charleston

The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.8/10. 33% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.

Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.1/10. Against the Dorchester County average of 3.5, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. Food insecurity runs 27.2% against 17.8% nationally.

Court records carry 7,013 eviction filings across 6 observed years. The worst year on record was 2014, when 99.4% of renter households were served. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 14.2% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

In a typical year about 95.0% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #39,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 8.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.