Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Princeton Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 45059920201 · Laurens County, SC · pop 3,598 · 4% of tract blocks fall in Princeton
Tract 45059920201 sits in Princeton, SC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. Population here is 3,598. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.7/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units1,270
Renter share25.9%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate9.9%
Median income$58,071
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
16
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
29
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Princeton and the region
Centroid at 34.4882, -82.2237 · click any tract to drill in
Why Princeton scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Princeton
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.4
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
9.9% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$776 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Princeton
1.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Princeton
1.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Princeton
2.3
How Princeton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 58
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 76%Socioeconomic
- 66%Household composition
- 9%Racial/ethnic minority
- 37%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)
- 45Total filings over 5 yrs
- 6.61%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.2%Peak (2010)
- 5Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 50% 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.
- 11.7%Housing insecurity
- 7.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.8%Food insecurity
- 9.8%SNAP enrollment
- 8.2%Transit barriers
- 12.5%No health insurance
- 17.4%Frequent mental distress
- 37.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Princeton
Running cool, tenant-organizing strength reads 1/10. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.4/10. Cost burden runs 27% here against 36.0% across Laurens County.
Court records carry 45 eviction filings across 5 observed years. Against the Laurens County average of 3.8, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points.
Filings peaked in 2010 at 5.2% of renter households. In a typical year about 6.6% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $58,071, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the SC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 1.0 points cooler.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 45059920201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45059920201?
Census tract 45059920201 in Princeton scores 3/10 (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 45059920201?
Median gross rent is $776/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45059920201?
9.9% of residents in tract 45059920201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,598.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45059920201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 66th, minority 9th, housing 37th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45059920201?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 45 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45059920201 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.61% of renter households, peaking at 5.2% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45059920201 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.7% 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. 7.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 45059920201 compare to Princeton overall?
Tract 45059920201 scores 3/10, right in line with the parent city of Princeton at 3.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Princeton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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