Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #49,882 of 84,120 nationally
Pickens Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 45077010405 · Pickens County, SC · pop 3,573 · 31% of tract blocks fall in Pickens
With a score of 5.2/10, tract 45077010405 in Pickens ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 3,573 residents. That is riskier than roughly 45% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 38% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $905 a month against an average household income of $70,915 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 14% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units1,342
Renter share13.7%
SVI overall0.42
Poverty rate6.2%
Median income$70,915
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
22
th percentile
Low
Within state
38
th percentile
Low
National
41
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pickens and the region
Centroid at 34.9163, -82.7063 · click any tract to drill in
Why Pickens scores 3.5
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
6.2% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$905 rent vs county FMR
1.9
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: 42
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 57%Socioeconomic
- 32%Household composition
- 17%Racial/ethnic minority
- 41%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.
- 9.5%Housing insecurity
- 6.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.1%Food insecurity
- 6.8%SNAP enrollment
- 6.5%Transit barriers
- 9.8%No health insurance
- 15.9%Frequent mental distress
- 31.9%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 safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 42nd 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 9.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.1% 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 45077010405
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45077010405?
Census tract 45077010405 in Pickens scores 3.5/10 (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 45077010405?
Median gross rent is $905/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45077010405?
6.2% of residents in tract 45077010405 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,573.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45077010405?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 42th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 57th, household 32th, minority 17th, housing 41th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 45077010405 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.5% 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. 6.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 45077010405 compare to Pickens overall?
Tract 45077010405 scores 3.5/10, 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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