Census Tract · Ranked #34,278 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 45063020602 Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 45063020602 ·
Lexington County, SC · pop 4,199
With a score of 4.9/10, tract 45063020602 in Lexington County, SC reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,199. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.6/10.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%Stable renters 16%Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units1,877
Renter share29.8%
SVI overall0.61
Poverty rate19.8%
Median income$60,241
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In city
Moderate
Within county
84th percentile
#16 of 92 tracts In Lexington County
High
Within state
82th percentile
#245 of 1,317 tracts In South Carolina
High
National
59th percentile
#34,278 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lexington County and the region
Centroid at 33.9636, -81.1191 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 45063020602 scores 4.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
State baseline
2.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.5
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
19.8% poverty · this tract
5.0
Supply constraint
$996 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
State baseline
2.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 45063020602 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 61
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
50%Socioeconomic
79%Household composition
48%Racial/ethnic minority
57%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
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
13.2%Housing insecurity
9.1%Utility-shutoff threat
17.9%Food insecurity
11.0%SNAP enrollment
8.9%Transit barriers
12.7%No health insurance
17.1%Frequent mental distress
33.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 45063020602
The severe-burden share is 19%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Against Lexington County at 37.2%, 46% of renters here are cost-burdened. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.1/10.
Well under the midpoint, local political climate reads 2.1/10. The poverty rate is 20%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. It sits 1.0 points above the Lexington County average of 3.9.
The filing record is not thin: 833 evictions over 5 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2011, when 40.4% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 32.8% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 59% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 6.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the SC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 45063020602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45063020602?
Census tract 45063020602 in Lexington County scores 4.9/10 (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 45063020602?
Median gross rent is $996/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45063020602?
19.8% of residents in tract 45063020602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,199.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45063020602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 50th, household 79th, minority 48th, housing 57th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45063020602?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 833 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45063020602 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 32.84% of renter households, peaking at 40.4% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45063020602 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.2% 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. 9.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.