Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Laurens Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 45059920302 · Laurens County, SC · pop 4,853 · 32% of tract blocks fall in Laurens
45059920302 is a census tract in Laurens, SC. It scores 5.4/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,853 residents. 57% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the Laurens County average of 36.0%.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units1,727
Renter share34.7%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate30.5%
Median income$42,278
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
95
th percentile
Very High
Within state
93
th percentile
Very High
National
70
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Laurens and the region
Centroid at 34.4434, -81.9881 · click any tract to drill in
Why Laurens scores 5.4
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
30.5% poverty · this tract
7.6
Supply constraint
$730 rent vs county FMR
2.8
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: 89
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 83%Socioeconomic
- 84%Household composition
- 57%Racial/ethnic minority
- 90%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)
- 853Total filings over 5 yrs
- 33.88%Avg annual filing rate
- 42.6%Peak (2011)
- 127Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 28% 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.
- 19.7%Housing insecurity
- 13.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 28.0%Food insecurity
- 19.6%SNAP enrollment
- 13.1%Transit barriers
- 15.8%No health insurance
- 18.7%Frequent mental distress
- 41.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Laurens
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.7/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.4/10. The poverty rate is 31%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
It sits 1.6 points above the Laurens County average of 3.8. Running cool, state political climate reads 2.1/10. Food insecurity runs 28.0% against 17.8% nationally.
Court records carry 853 eviction filings across 5 observed years. Severe burden reaches 8%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Average gross rent is $730, 12% below the Laurens average.
Filings peaked in 2011 at 42.6% of renter households. In a typical year about 33.9% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 45059920302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45059920302?
Census tract 45059920302 in Laurens scores 5.4/10 (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 45059920302?
Median gross rent is $730/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45059920302?
30.5% of residents in tract 45059920302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,853.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45059920302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 84th, minority 57th, housing 90th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45059920302?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 853 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45059920302 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 33.88% of renter households, peaking at 42.6% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45059920302 struggle to pay rent?
About 19.7% 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. 13.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 45059920302 compare to Laurens overall?
Tract 45059920302 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Laurens at 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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