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Neighborhood · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally

Lydia Mills Eviction Risk: Moderate , Clinton

Tract 45059920700 · Laurens County, SC · pop 4,171 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

Tract 45059920700 sits in the Lydia Mills area of Clinton, SC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.8/10. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.7/10.

Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 28% Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units1,626
Renter share41.8%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate21.8%
Median income$44,732

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Lydia Mills
Moderate
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Clinton
Moderate
Within county
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 20 tracts In Laurens County
High
Within state
79 th percentile
Rank, 79th percentileLowHigh
#276 of 1,317 tracts In South Carolina
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Clinton and the region

Centroid at 34.4682, -81.9192 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lydia Mills scores 4.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Clinton
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.4
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
21.8% poverty · this tract
5.4
Supply constraint
$860 rent vs county FMR
4.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Clinton
6.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Clinton
9.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Clinton
7.8

How Lydia Mills compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Lydia Mills risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.8This tracttract 9207004.0Clintonparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county4.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 88

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 1,067Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 25.78%Avg annual filing rate
  • 30.1%Peak (2012)
  • 213Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 45059920700
Filings climbed 30% over the past 5 months.
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lydia Mills

Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.1/10. Severe burden reaches 23%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.8/10.

The poverty rate is 22%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. SNAP participation runs 25.7% against 15.2% nationally.

Housing insecurity runs 24.1% against 14.2% nationally. Against the Laurens County average of 3.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points. Court records carry 1,067 eviction filings across 5 observed years.

The worst year on record was 2012, when 30.1% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 25.8% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #35,669 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9/10. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 45059920700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45059920700?

Census tract 45059920700 in the Lydia Mills neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (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 45059920700?

Median gross rent is $860/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 45059920700?

21.8% of residents in tract 45059920700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,171.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 45059920700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 91th, household 53th, minority 75th, housing 87th.
Q5

Is tract 45059920700 considered part of Lydia Mills?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45059920700 fall within Lydia Mills (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45059920700?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,067 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45059920700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 25.78% of renter households, peaking at 30.1% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 45059920700 struggle to pay rent?

About 24.1% 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. 17.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 45059920700 compare to Clinton overall?

Tract 45059920700 scores 4.8/10, higher than the parent city of Clinton at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Clinton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Clinton

Top eight tracts in Clinton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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