Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #46,312 of 84,120 nationally
Joanna Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 45059920900 · Laurens County, SC · pop 2,489 · 55% of tract blocks fall in Joanna
Census tract 45059920900 belongs to Joanna in Laurens County, South Carolina. It is home to 2,489 residents and scores 4.9/10, a moderate reading for landlords. It lands near the 34th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 31% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $596 monthly, set against $54,792 in average yearly household income, roughly 13% of income at the averages. About 25% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units915
Renter share25.2%
SVI overall0.44
Poverty rate11.2%
Median income$54,792
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
37
th percentile
Low
Within state
44
th percentile
Moderate
National
45
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Joanna and the region
Centroid at 34.3962, -81.8368 · click any tract to drill in
Why Joanna scores 3.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Joanna
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.4
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
11.2% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$596 rent vs county FMR
1.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Joanna
2.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Joanna
7.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Joanna
4.8
How Joanna compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 44
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 29%Socioeconomic
- 56%Household composition
- 49%Racial/ethnic minority
- 55%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)
- 207Total filings over 5 yrs
- 26.83%Avg annual filing rate
- 18.3%Peak (2010)
- 41Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 12.0%Housing insecurity
- 7.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.5%Food insecurity
- 8.3%SNAP enrollment
- 7.6%Transit barriers
- 12.0%No health insurance
- 16.7%Frequent mental distress
- 33.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Joanna
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 7.6/10. 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 Joanna, 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 207 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 26.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 18.3% of renter households in 2010.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 44th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 45059920900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45059920900?
Census tract 45059920900 in Joanna scores 3.7/10 (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 45059920900?
Median gross rent is $596/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45059920900?
11.2% of residents in tract 45059920900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,489.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45059920900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 44th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 29th, household 56th, minority 49th, housing 55th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45059920900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 207 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45059920900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 26.83% of renter households, peaking at 18.3% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45059920900 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.0% 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. 7.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 45059920900 compare to Joanna overall?
Tract 45059920900 scores 3.7/10, higher than the parent city of Joanna at 1.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Joanna; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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