Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #42,763 of 84,120 nationally
Gray Court Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 45059920108 · Laurens County, SC · pop 2,346 · 40% of tract blocks fall in Gray Court
Census tract 45059920108 covers Gray Court, home to 2,346 residents. For landlords it grades 5.5/10, a moderate reading. That is riskier than about 56% of US census tracts.
About 31% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,110 monthly, set against $54,171 in average yearly household income, roughly 25% of income at the averages. About 28% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units879
Renter share27.8%
SVI overall0.65
Poverty rate12.6%
Median income$54,171
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
47
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
49
th percentile
Moderate
National
49
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Gray Court and the region
Centroid at 34.5877, -82.1274 · click any tract to drill in
Why Gray Court scores 3.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Gray Court
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.4
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
12.6% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$1,110 rent vs county FMR
6.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Gray Court
7.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Gray Court
4.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Gray Court
6.6
How Gray Court compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 65
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 71%Socioeconomic
- 74%Household composition
- 63%Racial/ethnic minority
- 33%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.
- 15.4%Housing insecurity
- 9.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.5%Food insecurity
- 11.6%SNAP enrollment
- 9.7%Transit barriers
- 14.6%No health insurance
- 17.6%Frequent mental distress
- 36.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Gray Court
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at $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 Gray Court, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Laurens 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.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 65th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 15.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 45059920108
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45059920108?
Census tract 45059920108 in Gray Court scores 3.9/10 (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 45059920108?
Median gross rent is $1,110/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45059920108?
12.6% of residents in tract 45059920108 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,346.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45059920108?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 71th, household 74th, minority 63th, housing 33th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 45059920108 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.4% 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.
Q6
How does tract 45059920108 compare to Gray Court overall?
Tract 45059920108 scores 3.9/10, higher than the parent city of Gray Court at 2.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Gray Court; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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