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Neighborhood · Ranked #56,048 of 84,120 nationally

Brighton Forest Eviction Risk: Lower , Oak Grove

Tract 45063021020 · Lexington County, SC · pop 3,702 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

With a score of 3.6/10, tract 45063021020 in the Brighton Forest area of Oak Grove, SC reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Against Lexington County at 37.2%, 58% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11% Stable renters 8% Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units1,593
Renter share19.7%
SVI overall0.32
Poverty rate12.0%
Median income$72,567

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Brighton Forest
Moderate
Within parent city
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 4 tracts In Oak Grove
Elevated
Within county
51 th percentile
Rank, 51st percentileLowHigh
#46 of 92 tracts In Lexington County
Moderate
Within state
47 th percentile
Rank, 47th percentileLowHigh
#698 of 1,317 tracts In South Carolina
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Oak Grove and the region

Centroid at 33.9828, -81.1597 · click any tract to drill in

Why Brighton Forest scores 3.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Oak Grove
4.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.5
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
12.0% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$898 rent vs county FMR
1.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Oak Grove
9.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Oak Grove
4.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Oak Grove
7.3

How Brighton Forest compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Brighton Forest risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.6This tracttract 0210203.4Oak Groveparent city3.9Countyavg tract in county4.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 32

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 276Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 19.33%Avg annual filing rate
  • 22.5%Peak (2011)
  • 41Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2014
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 45063021020
Filings dropped 27% over the past 5 months.
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Brighton Forest

The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.6/10. Severe burden reaches 27%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 9.1/10. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.9/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 276 filings here across 5 tracked years.

At $898 a month, rents run 14% under what the rest of Oak Grove commands. SNAP participation runs 7.4% against 15.2% nationally. The worst year on record was 2011, when 22.5% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 19.3% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #56,048 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

At 20% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 3.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 15% of average household income of $72,567, an unusually wide affordability cushion.

It tracks the Lexington County average of 3.9 closely.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 45063021020

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45063021020?

Census tract 45063021020 in the Brighton Forest neighborhood scores 3.6/10 (Lower 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 45063021020?

Median gross rent is $898/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 45063021020?

12.0% of residents in tract 45063021020 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,702.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 45063021020?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 26th, household 49th, minority 30th, housing 41th.
Q5

Is tract 45063021020 considered part of Brighton Forest?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45063021020 fall within Brighton Forest (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45063021020?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 276 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45063021020 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 19.33% of renter households, peaking at 22.5% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 45063021020 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.9% 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. 7.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 45063021020 compare to Oak Grove overall?

Tract 45063021020 scores 3.6/10, right in line with the parent city of Oak Grove at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Oak Grove eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Oak Grove

Top eight tracts in Oak Grove ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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