Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #51,553 of 84,120 nationally
Watts Mills Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 45059920503 · Laurens County, SC · pop 3,331 · 54% of tract blocks fall in Watts Mills
For landlords sizing up Watts Mills, census tract 45059920503 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of $1/10. That is riskier than roughly 38% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
29% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $888 monthly, set against $49,327 in average yearly household income, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 64% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 45%
Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units1,014
Renter share63.6%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate8.9%
Median income$49,327
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
36
th percentile
Low
National
39
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Watts Mills and the region
Centroid at 34.5152, -81.9896 · click any tract to drill in
Why Watts Mills scores 3.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Watts Mills
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.4
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
8.9% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$888 rent vs county FMR
4.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Watts Mills
3.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Watts Mills
9.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Watts Mills
4.1
How Watts Mills compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 94
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 96%Socioeconomic
- 86%Household composition
- 60%Racial/ethnic minority
- 86%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.
- 27.6%Housing insecurity
- 19.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 39.4%Food insecurity
- 28.9%SNAP enrollment
- 18.1%Transit barriers
- 25.7%No health insurance
- 21.7%Frequent mental distress
- 45.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Watts Mills
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.2/10. 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 Watts Mills, 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.
The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 94th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
In CDC survey modeling, about 27.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 19.0% 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 45059920503
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45059920503?
Census tract 45059920503 in Watts Mills scores 3.4/10 (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 45059920503?
Median gross rent is $888/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45059920503?
8.9% of residents in tract 45059920503 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,331.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45059920503?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 86th, minority 60th, housing 86th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 45059920503 struggle to pay rent?
About 27.6% 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. 19.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 45059920503 compare to Watts Mills overall?
Tract 45059920503 scores 3.4/10, higher than the parent city of Watts Mills at 2.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Watts Mills; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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