Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #46,312 of 84,120 nationally
Cross Hill Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 45059921002 · Laurens County, SC · pop 3,175 · 13% of tract blocks fall in Cross Hill
Census tract 45059921002 sits in Cross Hill, South Carolina eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.4/10. That is riskier than about 52% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 63% of renter households, a severe level, and 63% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $923 a month while the average household earns $49,861 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 11% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units1,209
Renter share11.2%
SVI overall0.46
Poverty rate13.0%
Median income$49,861
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
26
th percentile
Low
Within state
44
th percentile
Moderate
National
45
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cross Hill and the region
Centroid at 34.2923, -81.9568 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cross Hill scores 3.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Cross Hill
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.4
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
13.0% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$923 rent vs county FMR
4.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Cross Hill
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Cross Hill
3.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Cross Hill
4.1
How Cross Hill compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 46
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 50%Socioeconomic
- 54%Household composition
- 53%Racial/ethnic minority
- 30%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)
- 80Total filings over 5 yrs
- 9.46%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.4%Peak (2014)
- 10Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 29% 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.
- 11.3%Housing insecurity
- 7.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.8%Food insecurity
- 9.0%SNAP enrollment
- 7.5%Transit barriers
- 10.9%No health insurance
- 15.2%Frequent mental distress
- 37.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Cross Hill
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 4.9/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Cross Hill, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Laurens County average of 5.6 and in line with the South Carolina statewide average of 5.5. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 46th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.4% 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 45059921002
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45059921002?
Census tract 45059921002 in Cross Hill 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 45059921002?
Median gross rent is $923/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45059921002?
13.0% of residents in tract 45059921002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,175.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45059921002?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 46th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 50th, household 54th, minority 53th, housing 30th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45059921002?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 80 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45059921002 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.46% of renter households, peaking at 12.4% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45059921002 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.3% 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 45059921002 compare to Cross Hill overall?
Tract 45059921002 scores 3.7/10, higher than the parent city of Cross Hill at 1.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Cross Hill; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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