Within parent city
25
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #39,389 of 84,120 nationally
Laurens Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 45059920301 · Laurens County, SC · pop 3,877 · 25% of tract blocks fall in Laurens
Census tract 45059920301 belongs to Laurens, South Carolina. It is home to 3,877 residents and scores 5.1/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than about 41% of US census tracts.
19% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 5% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $756 monthly, set against $54,698 in average yearly household income, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 20% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units1,655
Renter share20.0%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate11.1%
Median income$54,698
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
53
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
55
th percentile
Moderate
National
53
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Laurens and the region
Centroid at 34.4807, -82.0822 · click any tract to drill in
Why Laurens scores 4.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Laurens
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.4
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
11.1% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$756 rent vs county FMR
3.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Laurens
5.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Laurens
9.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Laurens
6.8
How Laurens compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 52
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 42%Socioeconomic
- 65%Household composition
- 46%Racial/ethnic minority
- 53%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)
- 621Total filings over 5 yrs
- 41.08%Avg annual filing rate
- 52.0%Peak (2014)
- 126Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 30% 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.
- 12.2%Housing insecurity
- 7.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.4%Food insecurity
- 9.2%SNAP enrollment
- 8.0%Transit barriers
- 11.3%No health insurance
- 16.4%Frequent mental distress
- 35.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Laurens
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.4/10. 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 Laurens, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Laurens County average of 5.6 and below 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 621 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 41.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 52.0% of renter households in 2014.
In CDC survey modeling, about 12.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.8% 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 45059920301
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45059920301?
Census tract 45059920301 in Laurens scores 4.1/10 (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 45059920301?
Median gross rent is $756/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 19% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45059920301?
11.1% of residents in tract 45059920301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,877.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45059920301?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 42th, household 65th, minority 46th, housing 53th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45059920301?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 621 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45059920301 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 41.08% of renter households, peaking at 52.0% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45059920301 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.2% 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. 7.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 45059920301 compare to Laurens overall?
Tract 45059920301 scores 4.1/10, higher than the parent city of Laurens at 2.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Laurens; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Laurens
Top eight tracts in Laurens ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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