Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally
South Congaree Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 45063020703 · Lexington County, SC · pop 4,359 · 55% of tract blocks fall in South Congaree
Census tract 45063020703 covers part of South Congaree, SC, and scores 4.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.6/10.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units1,868
Renter share26.8%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate23.3%
Median income$48,000
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
71
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
73
th percentile
Elevated
National
53
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across South Congaree and the region
Centroid at 33.9136, -81.1464 · click any tract to drill in
Why South Congaree scores 4.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from South Congaree
4.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.5
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
23.3% poverty · this tract
5.8
Supply constraint
$899 rent vs county FMR
1.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from South Congaree
4.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from South Congaree
6.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from South Congaree
5.4
How South Congaree compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 69
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 65%Socioeconomic
- 60%Household composition
- 39%Racial/ethnic minority
- 76%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)
- 781Total filings over 5 yrs
- 29.25%Avg annual filing rate
- 34.4%Peak (2014)
- 183Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 15% 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.
- 15.2%Housing insecurity
- 10.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 21.5%Food insecurity
- 14.3%SNAP enrollment
- 10.3%Transit barriers
- 13.7%No health insurance
- 18.4%Frequent mental distress
- 36.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in South Congaree
51% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Lexington County average of 37.2%. The severe-burden share is 28%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.9/10.
On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 2/10. The poverty rate is 23%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Court records carry 781 eviction filings across 5 observed years. It sits 0.7 points above the Lexington County average of 3.9.
Filings peaked in 2014 at 34.4% of renter households. In a typical year about 29.3% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 53% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.2/10. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
Average gross rent is $899, close to the South Congaree average.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 45063020703
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45063020703?
Census tract 45063020703 in South Congaree scores 4.6/10 (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 45063020703?
Median gross rent is $899/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45063020703?
23.3% of residents in tract 45063020703 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,359.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45063020703?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 65th, household 60th, minority 39th, housing 76th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45063020703?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 781 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45063020703 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 29.25% of renter households, peaking at 34.4% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45063020703 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.2% 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. 10.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 45063020703 compare to South Congaree overall?
Tract 45063020703 scores 4.6/10, higher than the parent city of South Congaree at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from South Congaree; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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