Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #44,543 of 84,120 nationally
Liberty Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 45077011004 · Pickens County, SC · pop 4,612 · 44% of tract blocks fall in Liberty
Liberty anchors census tract 45077011004, which lands at 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 52% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 38% of renter households, a high level, and 34% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $630 a month against an average household income of $64,803 a year, roughly 12% of income at the averages. About 13% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units1,803
Renter share13.1%
SVI overall0.32
Poverty rate10.5%
Median income$64,803
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
36
th percentile
Low
Within state
46
th percentile
Moderate
National
47
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Liberty and the region
Centroid at 34.7641, -82.7150 · click any tract to drill in
Why Liberty scores 3.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Liberty
3.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.5
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
10.5% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$630 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Liberty
8.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Liberty
5.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Liberty
8.1
How Liberty compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 32
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 29%Socioeconomic
- 52%Household composition
- 20%Racial/ethnic minority
- 39%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.
- 11.0%Housing insecurity
- 7.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.7%Food insecurity
- 7.7%SNAP enrollment
- 7.3%Transit barriers
- 10.8%No health insurance
- 17.1%Frequent mental distress
- 31.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Liberty
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 8.4/10. 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 Liberty, 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 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 32nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 45077011004
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45077011004?
Census tract 45077011004 in Liberty scores 3.8/10 (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 45077011004?
Median gross rent is $630/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45077011004?
10.5% of residents in tract 45077011004 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,612.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45077011004?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 29th, household 52th, minority 20th, housing 39th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 45077011004 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.
Q6
How does tract 45077011004 compare to Liberty overall?
Tract 45077011004 scores 3.8/10, higher than the parent city of Liberty at 2.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Liberty; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Liberty
Top eight tracts in Liberty ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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