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Neighborhood · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally

Kenwood Eviction Risk: Lower , Greenville

Tract 45045002819 · Greenville County, SC · pop 5,261 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

With a score of 3.7/10, tract 45045002819 in the Kenwood area of Greenville, SC reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,261. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.6/10.

Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27% Stable renters 23% Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units2,406
Renter share50.2%
SVI overall0.45
Poverty rate11.4%
Median income$81,912

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Kenwood
Moderate
Within parent city
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#19 of 28 tracts In Greenville
Low
Within county
45 th percentile
Rank, 45th percentileLowHigh
#68 of 123 tracts In Greenville County
Moderate
Within state
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#664 of 1,317 tracts In South Carolina
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Greenville and the region

Centroid at 34.8338, -82.2701 · click any tract to drill in

Why Kenwood scores 3.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Greenville
3.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.1
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
11.4% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$1,468 rent vs county FMR
6.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Greenville
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Greenville
2.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Greenville
3.0

How Kenwood compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Kenwood risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.7This tracttract 0028193.7Greenvilleparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county4.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 45

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 1,043Total filings 2020-21
  • 14.9Avg monthly (observed)
  • 17.9Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.83×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2025-10-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Greenville, 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Kenwood

27% 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. Cost burden runs 54% here against 45.8% across Greenville County.

Running cool, state political climate reads 2.1/10. SNAP participation runs 5.6% against 15.2% nationally. The voucher gap is 12.4%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.

At $1,468 a month, rents run 12% over what the rest of Greenville commands. Nationally it ranks #54,273 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5/10.

It tracks the Greenville County average of 4.1 closely. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $81,912.

50% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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.

Frequently asked

About tract 45045002819

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45045002819?

Census tract 45045002819 in the Kenwood neighborhood scores 3.7/10 (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 45045002819?

Median gross rent is $1,468/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 45045002819?

11.4% of residents in tract 45045002819 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,261.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 45045002819?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 45th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 38th, household 49th, minority 51th, housing 49th.
Q5

Is tract 45045002819 considered part of Kenwood?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45045002819 fall within Kenwood (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 45045002819 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.83× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Greenville eviction risk, SC), 2020-2021.
Q7

What share of households in tract 45045002819 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.5% 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. 5.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 45045002819 compare to Greenville overall?

Tract 45045002819 scores 3.7/10, right in line with the parent city of Greenville at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Greenville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Greenville

Top eight tracts in Greenville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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