Within county
14
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #51,553 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 45077010202 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 45077010202 · Pickens County, SC · pop 3,210
Tract 45077010202 covers Pickens in South Carolina. Home to 3,210 residents, it scores 5.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 41% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 44% of renter households, a severe level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $995 a month against an average household income of $66,296 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 14% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units1,294
Renter share13.6%
SVI overall0.56
Poverty rate8.5%
Median income$66,296
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
36
th percentile
Low
National
39
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pickens County and the region
Centroid at 34.8942, -82.7936 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 45077010202 scores 3.4
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
8.5% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$995 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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 45077010202 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 56
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 54%Socioeconomic
- 29%Household composition
- 11%Racial/ethnic minority
- 85%Housing & transportation
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.
- 11.1%Housing insecurity
- 7.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.1%Food insecurity
- 7.9%SNAP enrollment
- 7.5%Transit barriers
- 11.2%No health insurance
- 17.8%Frequent mental distress
- 33.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 45077010202
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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 56th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.0% 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 45077010202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45077010202?
Census tract 45077010202 in Pickens County scores 3.4/10 (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 45077010202?
Median gross rent is $995/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45077010202?
8.5% of residents in tract 45077010202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,210.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45077010202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 54th, household 29th, minority 11th, housing 85th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 45077010202 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.1% 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. 7.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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