Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #28,017 of 84,120 nationally
Ninety Six Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 45047970702 · Greenwood County, SC · pop 5,318 · 39% of tract blocks fall in Ninety Six
Tract 45047970702 covers Ninety Six in South Carolina. Home to 5,318 residents, it scores 5.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 67% 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 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $873 a month while the average household earns $58,107 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 22% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units2,189
Renter share22.2%
SVI overall0.50
Poverty rate11.7%
Median income$58,107
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
47
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
72
th percentile
Elevated
National
67
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ninety Six and the region
Centroid at 34.1649, -82.0236 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ninety Six scores 4.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Ninety Six
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.9
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
11.7% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$873 rent vs county FMR
3.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ninety Six
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ninety Six
6.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ninety Six
7.2
How Ninety Six compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 50
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 59%Socioeconomic
- 59%Household composition
- 56%Racial/ethnic minority
- 26%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)
- 452Total filings over 5 yrs
- 16.56%Avg annual filing rate
- 22.9%Peak (2014)
- 84Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 24% 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.
- 14.2%Housing insecurity
- 9.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.9%Food insecurity
- 11.4%SNAP enrollment
- 8.9%Transit barriers
- 10.9%No health insurance
- 16.9%Frequent mental distress
- 32.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ninety Six
The heaviest input here is housing court bias at 7.2/10. 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 Ninety Six, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Greenwood County average of 5.9 and in line with the South Carolina statewide average of 5.5. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 452 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 16.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 22.9% of renter households in 2014.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 50th 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 45047970702
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45047970702?
Census tract 45047970702 in Ninety Six scores 4.8/10 (Moderate 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 45047970702?
Median gross rent is $873/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45047970702?
11.7% of residents in tract 45047970702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,318.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45047970702?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 50th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 59th, household 59th, minority 56th, housing 26th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45047970702?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 452 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45047970702 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 16.56% of renter households, peaking at 22.9% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45047970702 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.2% 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. 9.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 45047970702 compare to Ninety Six overall?
Tract 45047970702 scores 4.8/10, higher than the parent city of Ninety Six at 2.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ninety Six; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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