Within county
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #39,389 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 45077011003 Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 45077011003 · Pickens County, SC · pop 2,454
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 45077011003 (Pickens, South Carolina) comes in at 4.9/10, the Moderate tier. On the national scale it ranks #55,440 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 31% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,024 monthly, set against $60,521 in average yearly household income, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 19% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units933
Renter share18.5%
SVI overall0.43
Poverty rate15.7%
Median income$60,521
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
55
th percentile
Moderate
National
53
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pickens County and the region
Centroid at 34.7505, -82.6699 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 45077011003 scores 4.1
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
15.7% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$1,024 rent vs county FMR
2.8
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 45077011003 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
- 73%Household composition
- 5%Racial/ethnic minority
- 29%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)
- 137Total filings over 6 yrs
- 17.21%Avg annual filing rate
- 34.1%Peak (2014)
- 23Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 16.5%Housing insecurity
- 11.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 25.6%Food insecurity
- 17.6%SNAP enrollment
- 11.8%Transit barriers
- 15.8%No health insurance
- 20.3%Frequent mental distress
- 40.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 45077011003
The score leans hardest on 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 43rd 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 137 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 17.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 34.1% 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 45077011003
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45077011003?
Census tract 45077011003 in Pickens County scores 4.1/10 (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 45077011003?
Median gross rent is $1,024/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45077011003?
15.7% of residents in tract 45077011003 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,454.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45077011003?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 43th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 52th, household 73th, minority 5th, housing 29th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45077011003?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 137 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 45077011003 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 17.21% of renter households, peaking at 34.1% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45077011003 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.5% 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. 11.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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