Within county
28
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #48,083 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 45077010100 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 45077010100 · Pickens County, SC · pop 3,291
Census tract 45077010100 belongs to Pickens in Pickens County, South Carolina. It is home to 3,291 residents and scores 4.7/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than about 28% of US census tracts.
32% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 11% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $975 a month against an average household income of $62,321 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 11% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units1,401
Renter share11.0%
SVI overall0.45
Poverty rate9.2%
Median income$62,321
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
40
th percentile
Moderate
National
43
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pickens County and the region
Centroid at 35.0170, -82.7749 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 45077010100 scores 3.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
2.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.5
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
9.2% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$975 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
State baseline
2.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 45077010100 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 45
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 56%Socioeconomic
- 29%Household composition
- 8%Racial/ethnic minority
- 57%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)
- 57Total filings over 6 yrs
- 8.44%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.4%Peak (2010)
- 7Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 42% over the past 6 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.
- 8.3%Housing insecurity
- 5.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.9%Food insecurity
- 6.0%SNAP enrollment
- 5.8%Transit barriers
- 9.3%No health insurance
- 14.5%Frequent mental distress
- 32.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 45077010100
What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at $1/10. 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 set by South Carolina eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Pickens County average of 5.5 and below the South Carolina statewide average of 5.5. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 57 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 8.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 7.4% of renter households in 2010.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 45077010100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45077010100?
Census tract 45077010100 in Pickens County 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 45077010100?
Median gross rent is $975/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45077010100?
9.2% of residents in tract 45077010100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,291.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45077010100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 45th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 29th, minority 8th, housing 57th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45077010100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 57 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 45077010100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.44% of renter households, peaking at 7.4% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45077010100 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.3% 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. 5.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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