Neighborhood · Ranked #32,735 of 84,120 nationally

Couch Place Eviction Risk: Moderate , Easley

Tract 45077010905 · Pickens County, SC · pop 3,855 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

Couch Place in Easley is where census tract 45077010905 sits, home to 3,855 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 6.2/10. It lands near the 79th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 62% of renter households, a severe level, and 59% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $53,357 a year. Renters make up 45% of occupied homes.

Risk score

4.5

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 27% Stable renters 17% Owners 56%

Tract context

Occupied units1,999

Renter share44.6%

SVI overall0.58

Poverty rate17.5%

Median income$53,357

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Easley and the region

Centroid at 34.8104, -82.5607 · click any tract to drill in

Why Couch Place scores 4.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Easley

3.2

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

2.5

State political climate

South Carolina legislature & governorship

2.1

Economic stress

17.5% poverty · this tract

4.4

Supply constraint

tract rent vs county FMR

5.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Easley

8.3

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Easley

6.9

Housing court bias

Inherited from Easley

7.4

How Couch Place compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 58

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

70%Socioeconomic
37%Household composition
21%Racial/ethnic minority
60%Housing & transportation

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.

11.0%Housing insecurity
7.0%Utility-shutoff threat
15.7%Food insecurity
8.7%SNAP enrollment
7.5%Transit barriers
11.3%No health insurance
16.0%Frequent mental distress
33.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Couch Place

What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 8.3/10. 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 Easley eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Pickens County average of 5.5 and above 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 58th 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 11.0% 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, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 45077010905

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45077010905?

Census tract 45077010905 in the Couch Place neighborhood scores 4.5/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the poverty rate in tract 45077010905?

17.5% of residents in tract 45077010905 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,855.

How socially vulnerable is tract 45077010905?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 70th, household 37th, minority 21th, housing 60th.

Is tract 45077010905 considered part of Couch Place?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45077010905 fall within Couch Place (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 45077010905 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.0% 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.

How does tract 45077010905 compare to Easley overall?

Tract 45077010905 scores 4.5/10, higher than the parent city of Easley at 2.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Easley eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Easley

Top eight tracts in Easley ranked by composite eviction-risk score.