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Neighborhood · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally

Withers Swash Eviction Risk: Moderate , Myrtle Beach

Tract 45051050700 · Horry County, SC · pop 2,158 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

Census tract 45051050700 covers part of the Withers Swash area of Myrtle Beach, SC, and scores 4.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,158 residents. The severe-burden share is 43%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 43% Stable renters 28% Owners 29%
Tract context
Occupied units714
Renter share70.7%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate38.9%
Median income$43,000

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Withers Swash
Moderate
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 13 tracts In Myrtle Beach
Very High
Within county
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#10 of 77 tracts In Horry County
High
Within state
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#325 of 1,317 tracts In South Carolina
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Myrtle Beach and the region

Centroid at 33.6890, -78.8891 · click any tract to drill in

Why Withers Swash scores 4.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Myrtle Beach
3.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.3
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
38.9% poverty · this tract
9.7
Supply constraint
$913 rent vs county FMR
1.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Myrtle Beach
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Myrtle Beach
2.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Myrtle Beach
2.5

How Withers Swash compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Withers Swash risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.7This tracttract 0507003.3Myrtle Beachparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county4.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 99

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

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 572Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 22.45%Avg annual filing rate
  • 32.0%Peak (2014)
  • 158Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2014
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 45051050700
Filings climbed 88% over the past 5 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Withers Swash

Cost burden runs 61% here against 44.6% across Horry County. What pushes it up most is economic stress at 9.7/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 9.5/10.

The poverty rate is 39%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Food insecurity runs 35.7% against 17.8% nationally. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.

This is renter territory: 71% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. At $913 a month, rents run 28% under what the rest of Myrtle Beach commands.

SNAP participation runs 27.8% against 15.2% nationally. It sits 0.9 points above the Horry County average of 3.8. Court records carry 572 eviction filings across 5 observed years.

The worst year on record was 2014, when 32.0% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 22.4% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 55th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

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 45051050700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45051050700?

Census tract 45051050700 in the Withers Swash neighborhood scores 4.7/10 (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 45051050700?

Median gross rent is $913/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 45051050700?

38.9% of residents in tract 45051050700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,158.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 45051050700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 80th, minority 77th, housing 99th.
Q5

Is tract 45051050700 considered part of Withers Swash?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45051050700 fall within Withers Swash (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45051050700?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 572 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45051050700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 22.45% of renter households, peaking at 32.0% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 45051050700 struggle to pay rent?

About 25.0% 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. 18.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 45051050700 compare to Myrtle Beach overall?

Tract 45051050700 scores 4.7/10, higher than the parent city of Myrtle Beach at 3.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Myrtle Beach eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Myrtle Beach

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

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