Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #41,065 of 84,120 nationally
Pickens Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 45077010403 · Pickens County, SC · pop 2,667 · 5% of tract blocks fall in Pickens
Eviction risk in Pickens centers on tract 45077010403, which scores 5.8/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 2,667 residents. It lands near the 67th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 53% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 33% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $825 a month against an average household income of $78,365 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. About 16% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units847
Renter share15.7%
SVI overall0.40
Poverty rate14.6%
Median income$78,365
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
44
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
52
th percentile
Moderate
National
51
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pickens and the region
Centroid at 34.8476, -82.7108 · click any tract to drill in
Why Pickens scores 4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Pickens
3.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.5
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
14.6% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$825 rent vs county FMR
1.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Pickens
6.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Pickens
6.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Pickens
6.7
How Pickens compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 40
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 53%Socioeconomic
- 27%Household composition
- 1%Racial/ethnic minority
- 52%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)
- 119Total filings over 6 yrs
- 15.87%Avg annual filing rate
- 26.2%Peak (2014)
- 20Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 54% 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.
- 10.9%Housing insecurity
- 7.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.2%Food insecurity
- 8.3%SNAP enrollment
- 7.6%Transit barriers
- 10.9%No health insurance
- 17.4%Frequent mental distress
- 32.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Pickens
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 6.9/10. 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 Pickens, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Pickens County average of 5.5 and in line with the South Carolina statewide average of 5.5. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 40th 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 119 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 15.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 26.2% 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 45077010403
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45077010403?
Census tract 45077010403 in Pickens scores 4/10 (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 45077010403?
Median gross rent is $825/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45077010403?
14.6% of residents in tract 45077010403 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,667.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45077010403?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 27th, minority 1th, housing 52th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45077010403?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 119 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 45077010403 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 15.87% of renter households, peaking at 26.2% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45077010403 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.9% 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. 7.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 45077010403 compare to Pickens overall?
Tract 45077010403 scores 4/10, higher than the parent city of Pickens at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Pickens; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Pickens
Top eight tracts in Pickens ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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