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Census Tract · Ranked #63,481 of 84,120 nationally

Lexington Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 45063021030 · Lexington County, SC · pop 4,524 · 52% of tract blocks fall in Lexington

How risky is Lexington in Lexington County for landlords? Census tract 45063021030 scores 5.6/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 59% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

42% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 11% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,398 monthly, set against $78,295 in average yearly household income, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 50% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
2.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 29% Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units2,089
Renter share50.3%
SVI overall0.57
Poverty rate9.7%
Median income$78,295

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 15 tracts In Lexington
High
Within county
40 th percentile
Rank, 40th percentileLowHigh
#56 of 92 tracts In Lexington County
Low
Within state
20 th percentile
Rank, 20th percentileLowHigh
#1,055 of 1,317 tracts In South Carolina
Very Low
National
25 th percentile
Rank, 25th percentileLowHigh
#63,481 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Lexington and the region

Centroid at 33.9818, -81.2112 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lexington scores 2.7

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
9.7% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,398 rent vs county FMR
5.8
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 Lexington compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Lexington risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 2.72.7This tracttract 021030Lexington: 2.32.3Lexingtonparent cityCounty: 3.13.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.04.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 57

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)

  • 1,593Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 28.61%Avg annual filing rate
  • 32.8%Peak (2013)
  • 316Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2014
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 450630210302010: 253 filings (23.53/100 renter HHs)2011: 312 filings (27.83/100 renter HHs)2012: 344 filings (30.69/100 renter HHs)2013: 368 filings (32.83/100 renter HHs)2014: 316 filings (28.19/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 25% 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lexington

The score leans hardest on 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 in line with 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 10.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 57th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 45063021030

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45063021030?

Census tract 45063021030 in Lexington scores 2.7/10 (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 45063021030?

Median gross rent is $1,398/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 45063021030?

9.7% of residents in tract 45063021030 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,524.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 45063021030?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 57th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 44th, household 21th, minority 43th, housing 91th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45063021030?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,593 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45063021030 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 28.61% of renter households, peaking at 32.8% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 45063021030 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.5% 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. 6.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 45063021030 compare to Lexington overall?

Tract 45063021030 scores 2.7/10, higher 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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