Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Knoll Creek Eviction Risk: Lower , Simpsonville
Tract 45045003013 · Greenville County, SC · pop 8,494 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 45045003013 (the Knoll Creek area of Simpsonville, South Carolina) comes in at 5.5/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 56% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
38% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,565 a month against an average household income of $83,685 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 37% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units3,159
Renter share37.3%
SVI overall0.44
Poverty rate8.1%
Median income$83,685
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
71
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
27
th percentile
Low
Within state
16
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Simpsonville and the region
Centroid at 34.6937, -82.2629 · click any tract to drill in
Why Knoll Creek scores 2.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Simpsonville
4.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.1
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
8.1% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,565 rent vs county FMR
7.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Simpsonville
5.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Simpsonville
7.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Simpsonville
4.3
How Knoll Creek compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 44
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 29%Socioeconomic
- 42%Household composition
- 58%Racial/ethnic minority
- 63%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 1,408Total filings 2020-21
- 20.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 27.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.74×Ratio to 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.
- 12.3%Housing insecurity
- 7.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.7%Food insecurity
- 7.7%SNAP enrollment
- 7.4%Transit barriers
- 10.7%No health insurance
- 16.7%Frequent mental distress
- 27.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Knoll Creek
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 7.1/10. 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 Simpsonville 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 Greenville County average of 5.6 and in line with the South Carolina statewide average of 5.5. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 12.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 44th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 45045003013
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45045003013?
Census tract 45045003013 in the Knoll Creek neighborhood scores 2.5/10 (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 45045003013?
Median gross rent is $1,565/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45045003013?
8.1% of residents in tract 45045003013 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 8,494.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45045003013?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 44th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 29th, household 42th, minority 58th, housing 63th.
Q5
Is tract 45045003013 considered part of Knoll Creek?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45045003013 fall within Knoll Creek (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 45045003013 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.74× 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 45045003013 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.3% 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. 7.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 45045003013 compare to Simpsonville overall?
Tract 45045003013 scores 2.5/10, right in line with the parent city of Simpsonville at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Simpsonville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Simpsonville
Top eight tracts in Simpsonville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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