Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #49,882 of 84,120 nationally
Forest Hills Eviction Risk: Lower , North Charleston
Tract 45035010820 · Dorchester County, SC · pop 7,309 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
For landlords sizing up the Forest Hills neighborhood of North Charleston, census tract 45035010820 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of $1/10. That is riskier than roughly 38% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 45% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 10% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,405 a month against an average household income of $76,917 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 31% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units3,141
Renter share31.0%
SVI overall0.10
Poverty rate8.9%
Median income$76,917
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
30
th percentile
Low
Within county
70
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
38
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across North Charleston and the region
Centroid at 32.9029, -80.1072 · click any tract to drill in
Why Forest Hills scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from North Charleston
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.5
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
8.9% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$1,405 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from North Charleston
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from North Charleston
3.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from North Charleston
3.0
How Forest Hills compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 10
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 26%Socioeconomic
- 5%Household composition
- 63%Racial/ethnic minority
- 11%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)
- 3,029Total filings over 6 yrs
- 63.59%Avg annual filing rate
- 73.7%Peak (2011)
- 414Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 22% over the past 6 months.
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.
- 13.2%Housing insecurity
- 8.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.9%Food insecurity
- 9.0%SNAP enrollment
- 8.4%Transit barriers
- 10.7%No health insurance
- 16.4%Frequent mental distress
- 27.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Forest Hills
What moves this score most is housing court bias at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from North Charleston 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 Dorchester County average of 4.8 and below the South Carolina statewide average of 5.5. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 3,029 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 63.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 73.7% of renter households in 2011.
In CDC survey modeling, about 13.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.8% 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 45035010820
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45035010820?
Census tract 45035010820 in the Forest Hills neighborhood scores 3.5/10 (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 45035010820?
Median gross rent is $1,405/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45035010820?
8.9% of residents in tract 45035010820 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,309.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45035010820?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 26th, household 5th, minority 63th, housing 11th.
Q5
Is tract 45035010820 considered part of Forest Hills?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45035010820 fall within Forest Hills (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45035010820?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 3,029 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 45035010820 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 63.59% of renter households, peaking at 73.7% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 45035010820 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.2% 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. 8.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 45035010820 compare to North Charleston overall?
Tract 45035010820 scores 3.5/10, higher than the parent city of North Charleston at 2.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from North Charleston eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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