Within county
11
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #53,267 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 45077010501 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 45077010501 · Pickens County, SC · pop 3,135
Census tract 45077010501 covers Pickens, home to 3,135 residents. For landlords it grades 5.2/10, a moderate reading. It lands near the 45th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
68% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $921 monthly, set against $69,407 in average yearly household income, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 9% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units1,214
Renter share9.1%
SVI overall0.43
Poverty rate7.4%
Median income$69,407
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
34
th percentile
Low
National
37
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pickens County and the region
Centroid at 34.9720, -82.5860 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 45077010501 scores 3.3
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
7.4% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$921 rent vs county FMR
2.1
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 45077010501 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 43
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 52%Socioeconomic
- 48%Household composition
- 0%Racial/ethnic minority
- 46%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)
- 65Total filings over 6 yrs
- 5.52%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.0%Peak (2014)
- 12Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 100% 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.
- 10.7%Housing insecurity
- 6.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.9%Food insecurity
- 8.1%SNAP enrollment
- 7.2%Transit barriers
- 10.6%No health insurance
- 17.1%Frequent mental distress
- 33.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 45077010501
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 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 65 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 5.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 10.0% 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 45077010501
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45077010501?
Census tract 45077010501 in Pickens County scores 3.3/10 (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 45077010501?
Median gross rent is $921/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 68% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45077010501?
7.4% of residents in tract 45077010501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,135.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45077010501?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 43th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 52th, household 48th, minority 0th, housing 46th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45077010501?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 65 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 45077010501 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.52% of renter households, peaking at 10.0% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45077010501 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.7% 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. 6.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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