Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #28,017 of 84,120 nationally
Swansea Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 45063020803 · Lexington County, SC · pop 2,885 · 36% of tract blocks fall in Swansea
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 45063020803 (Swansea, South Carolina) comes in at 6.2/10, the Elevated tier. It lands near the 79th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
60% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $880 a month while the average household earns $52,796 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 19% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units1,224
Renter share18.8%
SVI overall0.77
Poverty rate23.0%
Median income$52,796
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
95
th percentile
Very High
Within state
72
th percentile
Elevated
National
67
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Swansea and the region
Centroid at 33.7271, -81.1455 · click any tract to drill in
Why Swansea scores 4.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Swansea
4.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.5
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
23.0% poverty · this tract
5.7
Supply constraint
$880 rent vs county FMR
1.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Swansea
4.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Swansea
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Swansea
6.8
How Swansea compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 77
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 81%Socioeconomic
- 94%Household composition
- 51%Racial/ethnic minority
- 39%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)
- 346Total filings over 5 yrs
- 26.35%Avg annual filing rate
- 31.0%Peak (2010)
- 66Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 28% 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.
- 18.0%Housing insecurity
- 13.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 26.1%Food insecurity
- 18.8%SNAP enrollment
- 12.4%Transit barriers
- 14.7%No health insurance
- 19.8%Frequent mental distress
- 38.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Swansea
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at $1/10. 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 Swansea, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Lexington County average of 5.3 and above 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 18.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 13.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 77th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 45063020803
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45063020803?
Census tract 45063020803 in Swansea scores 4.8/10 (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 45063020803?
Median gross rent is $880/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45063020803?
23.0% of residents in tract 45063020803 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,885.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45063020803?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 94th, minority 51th, housing 39th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45063020803?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 346 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45063020803 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 26.35% of renter households, peaking at 31.0% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45063020803 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.0% 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. 13.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 45063020803 compare to Swansea overall?
Tract 45063020803 scores 4.8/10, higher than the parent city of Swansea at 2.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Swansea; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Swansea
Top eight tracts in Swansea ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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