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Neighborhood · Ranked #78,212 of 84,120 nationally

Harbor Cove Eviction Risk: Lower , Lexington

Tract 45063021025 · Lexington County, SC · pop 4,138 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Here is how census tract 45063021025, in the Harbor Cove neighborhood of Lexington eviction risk, looks to a landlord: a 5.1/10 eviction-risk score (Moderate tier) across a population of 4,138. On the national scale it ranks #49,476 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 34% of renter households, a high level, and 34% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $794 a month while the average household earns $124,479 a year, roughly 8% of income at the averages. Renters make up 7% of occupied homes.

Risk score
1.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2% Stable renters 5% Owners 93%
Tract context
Occupied units1,824
Renter share7.1%
SVI overall0.10
Poverty rate6.8%
Median income$124,479

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Harbor Cove
Moderate
Within parent city
21 th percentile
Rank, 21st percentileLowHigh
#12 of 15 tracts In Lexington
Low
Within county
6 th percentile
Rank, 6th percentileLowHigh
#87 of 92 tracts In Lexington County
Very Low
Within state
4 th percentile
Rank, 4th percentileLowHigh
#1,269 of 1,317 tracts In South Carolina
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Lexington and the region

Centroid at 34.0337, -81.2723 · click any tract to drill in

Why Harbor Cove scores 1.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Lexington
4.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.5
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
6.8% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$794 rent vs county FMR
1.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lexington
5.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lexington
7.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lexington
4.8

How Harbor Cove compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Harbor Cove risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 1.61.6This tracttract 021025Lexington: 2.32.3Lexingtonparent cityCounty: 3.13.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.04.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 10

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)

  • 82Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 7.44%Avg annual filing rate
  • 9.6%Peak (2013)
  • 15Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2014
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 450630210252010: 20 filings (10.26/100 renter HHs)2011: 9 filings (3.91/100 renter HHs)2012: 16 filings (6.96/100 renter HHs)2013: 22 filings (9.57/100 renter HHs)2014: 15 filings (6.52/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 25% 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 Harbor Cove

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 7.2/10. 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 Lexington eviction risk, 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 below the South Carolina statewide average of 5.5. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 10th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

In CDC survey modeling, about 5.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 45063021025

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45063021025?

Census tract 45063021025 in the Harbor Cove neighborhood scores 1.6/10 (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 45063021025?

Median gross rent is $794/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 45063021025?

6.8% of residents in tract 45063021025 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,138.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 45063021025?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 11th, household 50th, minority 4th, housing 11th.
Q5

Is tract 45063021025 considered part of Harbor Cove?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45063021025 fall within Harbor Cove (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45063021025?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 82 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45063021025 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.44% of renter households, peaking at 9.6% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 45063021025 struggle to pay rent?

About 5.8% 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. 4.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 45063021025 compare to Lexington overall?

Tract 45063021025 scores 1.6/10, lower than the parent city of Lexington at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lexington eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Lexington

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

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