Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #13,349 of 84,120 nationally
Wilkinson Heights Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 45075010700 · Orangeburg County, SC · pop 2,658 · 23% of tract blocks fall in Wilkinson Heights
Tract 45075010700 sits in Wilkinson Heights, SC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.9/10. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10.
Risk score
6.9
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units1,299
Renter share34.3%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate33.1%
Median income$42,454
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
90
th percentile
High
Within state
99
th percentile
Very High
National
84
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wilkinson Heights and the region
Centroid at 33.4951, -80.7397 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wilkinson Heights scores 6.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Wilkinson Heights
7.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.7
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
33.1% poverty · this tract
8.3
Supply constraint
$876 rent vs county FMR
4.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wilkinson Heights
9.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wilkinson Heights
9.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wilkinson Heights
9.4
How Wilkinson Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 88
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 89%Socioeconomic
- 79%Household composition
- 79%Racial/ethnic minority
- 72%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)
- 210Total filings over 2 yrs
- 42.55%Avg annual filing rate
- 57.7%Peak (2011)
- 112Filings in 2011 (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.
- 23.7%Housing insecurity
- 16.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 35.3%Food insecurity
- 26.6%SNAP enrollment
- 15.6%Transit barriers
- 17.2%No health insurance
- 18.3%Frequent mental distress
- 42.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wilkinson Heights
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 9.6/10. The severe-burden share is 28%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 9.4/10.
Against the Orangeburg County average of 4.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.2 points. Food insecurity runs 35.3% against 17.8% nationally.
The poverty rate is 33%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. roughly one in two of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Orangeburg County average of 39.6%.
The filing record is not thin: 210 evictions over 2 years of observation. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 16.8% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Average gross rent is $876, 11% above the Wilkinson Heights average.
Filings peaked in 2011 at 57.7% of renter households. In a typical year about 42.6% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 84th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 45075010700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45075010700?
Census tract 45075010700 in Wilkinson Heights scores 6.9/10 (Elevated 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 45075010700?
Median gross rent is $876/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45075010700?
33.1% of residents in tract 45075010700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,658.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45075010700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 79th, minority 79th, housing 72th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45075010700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 210 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 45075010700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 42.55% of renter households, peaking at 57.7% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45075010700 struggle to pay rent?
About 23.7% 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. 16.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 45075010700 compare to Wilkinson Heights overall?
Tract 45075010700 scores 6.9/10, higher than the parent city of Wilkinson Heights at 6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wilkinson Heights; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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