Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #39,389 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 45063020602 Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 45063020602 · Lexington County, SC · pop 4,199
With a score of 5.6/10, tract 45063020602 in Lexington ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 4,199 residents. It lands near the 59th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 46% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $996 a month against an average household income of $60,241 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 30% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.1
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 county
79
th percentile
High
Within state
55
th percentile
Moderate
National
53
th percentile
Moderate
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 4.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 833Total filings over 5 yrs
- 32.84%Avg annual filing rate
- 40.4%Peak (2011)
- 136Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 23% 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.
- 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 score leans hardest on economic stress at $1/10. 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 set by South Carolina eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Lexington County average of 5.3 and in line with the South Carolina statewide average of 5.5. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 13.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 61st 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 45063020602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45063020602?
Census tract 45063020602 in Lexington County scores 4.1/10 (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.
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