Census Tract · Ranked #44,239 of 84,120 nationally

Fountain Inn Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 45059920106 · Laurens County, SC · pop 3,838 · 16% of tract blocks fall in Fountain Inn

Tract 45059920106 sits in Fountain Inn eviction risk, SC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.3/10. Population here is 3,838. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.7/10.

Risk score

4.3

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 30% Owners 56%

Tract context

Occupied units1,401

Renter share44.3%

SVI overall0.68

Poverty rate22.2%

Median income$57,443

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Fountain Inn and the region

Centroid at 34.7338, -82.1350 · click any tract to drill in

Why Fountain Inn scores 4.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Fountain Inn

4.7

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

3.4

State political climate

South Carolina legislature & governorship

2.1

Economic stress

22.2% poverty · this tract

5.5

Supply constraint

$982 rent vs county FMR

5.5

Rent control risk

Inherited from Fountain Inn

6.9

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

1.7

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Fountain Inn

6.4

Housing court bias

Inherited from Fountain Inn

6.6

How Fountain Inn compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 68

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

93%Socioeconomic
70%Household composition
51%Racial/ethnic minority
17%Housing & transportation

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.

17.9%Housing insecurity
12.2%Utility-shutoff threat
25.6%Food insecurity
17.0%SNAP enrollment
12.1%Transit barriers
16.8%No health insurance
19.8%Frequent mental distress
41.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Fountain Inn

On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.7/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.1/10. The poverty rate is 22%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

At $982 a month, rents run 17% under what the rest of Fountain Inn commands. Against Laurens County at 36.0%, 32% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Food insecurity runs 25.6% against 17.8% nationally. That is riskier than roughly 47% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

Social vulnerability reads 7.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Laurens County average of 3.8 closely.

Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $57,443. 44% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 45059920106

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45059920106?

Census tract 45059920106 in Fountain Inn scores 4.3/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 45059920106?

Median gross rent is $982/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 45059920106?

22.2% of residents in tract 45059920106 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,838.

How socially vulnerable is tract 45059920106?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 68th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 70th, minority 51th, housing 17th.

What share of households in tract 45059920106 struggle to pay rent?

About 17.9% 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. 12.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 45059920106 compare to Fountain Inn overall?

Tract 45059920106 scores 4.3/10, higher than the parent city of Fountain Inn at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fountain Inn eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Fountain Inn

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