Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #16,850 of 84,120 nationally
Westminster Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 45073031100 · Oconee County, SC · pop 3,417 · 14% of tract blocks fall in Westminster
Census tract 45073031100 sits in Westminster, South Carolina eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.8/10. That is riskier than roughly 67% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
40% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 34% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $754 a month while the average household earns $45,897 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 18% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units1,280
Renter share17.7%
SVI overall0.76
Poverty rate26.2%
Median income$45,897
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
90
th percentile
High
Within state
88
th percentile
High
National
80
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Westminster and the region
Centroid at 34.6726, -83.1814 · click any tract to drill in
Why Westminster scores 5.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Westminster
3.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.6
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
26.2% poverty · this tract
6.5
Supply constraint
$754 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Westminster
5.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Westminster
7.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Westminster
7.2
How Westminster compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 76
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 74%Socioeconomic
- 99%Household composition
- 18%Racial/ethnic minority
- 45%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)
- 37Total filings over 3 yrs
- 2.99%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.2%Peak (2014)
- 15Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
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.
- 14.4%Housing insecurity
- 10.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 22.6%Food insecurity
- 15.7%SNAP enrollment
- 10.5%Transit barriers
- 14.7%No health insurance
- 18.9%Frequent mental distress
- 39.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Westminster
The score leans hardest on housing court bias 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 Westminster, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Oconee County average of 5.2 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 14.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 37 eviction filings here over 3 tracked years, with about 3.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.2% of renter households in 2014.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 45073031100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45073031100?
Census tract 45073031100 in Westminster scores 5.6/10 (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 45073031100?
Median gross rent is $754/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45073031100?
26.2% of residents in tract 45073031100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,417.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45073031100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 76th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 74th, household 99th, minority 18th, housing 45th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45073031100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 37 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 45073031100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.99% of renter households, peaking at 3.2% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45073031100 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.4% 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. 10.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 45073031100 compare to Westminster overall?
Tract 45073031100 scores 5.6/10, higher than the parent city of Westminster at 2.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Westminster; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Westminster
Top eight tracts in Westminster ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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