Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #26,446 of 84,120 nationally
Gaston Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 45063020804 · Lexington County, SC · pop 3,169 · 27% of tract blocks fall in Gaston
Gaston in Lexington County anchors census tract 45063020804, which lands at 6.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 77% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 59% of renter households, a severe level, and 35% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,013 a month against an average household income of $45,208 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. Renters make up 23% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units1,109
Renter share23.3%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate25.2%
Median income$45,208
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
98
th percentile
Very High
Within state
75
th percentile
High
National
69
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Gaston and the region
Centroid at 33.7959, -81.1449 · click any tract to drill in
Why Gaston scores 4.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Gaston
4.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.5
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
25.2% poverty · this tract
6.3
Supply constraint
$1,013 rent vs county FMR
2.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Gaston
3.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Gaston
7.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Gaston
6.0
How Gaston compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 85
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 93%Socioeconomic
- 93%Household composition
- 58%Racial/ethnic minority
- 42%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)
- 411Total filings over 5 yrs
- 35.15%Avg annual filing rate
- 39.8%Peak (2014)
- 92Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 22.1%Housing insecurity
- 15.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 32.7%Food insecurity
- 23.7%SNAP enrollment
- 15.2%Transit barriers
- 21.0%No health insurance
- 21.8%Frequent mental distress
- 41.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Gaston
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 7.7/10. 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 Gaston, 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.
The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 85th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 22.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 15.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
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 45063020804
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45063020804?
Census tract 45063020804 in Gaston 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 45063020804?
Median gross rent is $1,013/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45063020804?
25.2% of residents in tract 45063020804 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,169.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45063020804?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 93th, minority 58th, housing 42th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45063020804?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 411 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45063020804 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 35.15% of renter households, peaking at 39.8% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45063020804 struggle to pay rent?
About 22.1% 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. 15.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 45063020804 compare to Gaston overall?
Tract 45063020804 scores 4.9/10, higher than the parent city of Gaston at 2.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Gaston; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Gaston
Top eight tracts in Gaston ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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