Within parent city
40
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #52,479 of 84,120 nationally
Greenwood Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 45047970202 · Greenwood County, SC · pop 6,069 · 67% of tract blocks fall in Greenwood
45047970202 is a census tract in Greenwood, SC. It scores 3.8/10 for landlords. It is home to 6,069 residents. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.8/10.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units3,015
Renter share45.1%
SVI overall0.38
Poverty rate10.0%
Median income$49,535
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
59
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
53
th percentile
Moderate
National
38
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Greenwood and the region
Centroid at 34.2209, -82.1547 · click any tract to drill in
Why Greenwood scores 3.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Greenwood
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.9
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
10.0% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$995 rent vs county FMR
5.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Greenwood
7.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Greenwood
9.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Greenwood
7.8
How Greenwood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 38
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 45%Socioeconomic
- 19%Household composition
- 60%Racial/ethnic minority
- 41%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)
- 1,132Total filings over 5 yrs
- 16.70%Avg annual filing rate
- 17.9%Peak (2014)
- 209Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 5 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.
- 13.5%Housing insecurity
- 9.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.1%Food insecurity
- 10.0%SNAP enrollment
- 8.6%Transit barriers
- 9.7%No health insurance
- 17.1%Frequent mental distress
- 28.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Greenwood
On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.4/10. The severe-burden share is 20%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.1/10.
At $995 a month, rents run 19% over what the rest of Greenwood commands. Court records carry 1,132 eviction filings across 5 observed years.
The worst year on record was 2014, when 17.9% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 16.7% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #52,479 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.5/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
38% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. It tracks the Greenwood County average of 4.1 closely.
Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $49,535.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 45047970202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45047970202?
Census tract 45047970202 in Greenwood scores 3.8/10 (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 45047970202?
Median gross rent is $995/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45047970202?
10.0% of residents in tract 45047970202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,069.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45047970202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 38th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 45th, household 19th, minority 60th, housing 41th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45047970202?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,132 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45047970202 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 16.70% of renter households, peaking at 17.9% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45047970202 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.5% 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. 9.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 45047970202 compare to Greenwood overall?
Tract 45047970202 scores 3.8/10, lower than the parent city of Greenwood at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Greenwood eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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Highest-risk tracts in Greenwood
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/ 10 · Low
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