Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #11,930 of 84,120 nationally
Clemson Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 45077011204 · Pickens County, SC · pop 5,017 · 52% of tract blocks fall in Clemson
Tract 45077011204 covers Clemson in Pickens County in South Carolina. Home to 5,017 residents, it scores 6.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #6,259 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
51% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 31% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $885 a month against an average household income of $41,825 a year, roughly 25% of income at the averages. Renters make up 79% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 41%
Stable renters 39%
Owners 20%
Tract context
Occupied units2,111
Renter share79.3%
SVI overall0.49
Poverty rate36.3%
Median income$41,825
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
97
th percentile
Very High
Within state
95
th percentile
Very High
National
86
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Clemson and the region
Centroid at 34.7401, -82.8512 · click any tract to drill in
Why Clemson scores 6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Clemson
3.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.5
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
36.3% poverty · this tract
9.1
Supply constraint
$885 rent vs county FMR
1.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Clemson
8.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Clemson
9.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Clemson
9.1
How Clemson compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 49
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 72%Socioeconomic
- 2%Household composition
- 43%Racial/ethnic minority
- 74%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)
- 556Total filings over 6 yrs
- 8.19%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.5%Peak (2015)
- 126Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 34% 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.
- 13.4%Housing insecurity
- 9.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 21.0%Food insecurity
- 11.9%SNAP enrollment
- 11.9%Transit barriers
- 11.0%No health insurance
- 20.8%Frequent mental distress
- 30.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Clemson
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.7/10. 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 Clemson 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 49th 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 13.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.4% 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 45077011204
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45077011204?
Census tract 45077011204 in Clemson scores 6/10 (Elevated 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 45077011204?
Median gross rent is $885/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45077011204?
36.3% of residents in tract 45077011204 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,017.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45077011204?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 49th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 2th, minority 43th, housing 74th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45077011204?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 556 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 45077011204 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.19% of renter households, peaking at 11.5% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45077011204 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.4% 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. 9.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 45077011204 compare to Clemson overall?
Tract 45077011204 scores 6/10, higher than the parent city of Clemson at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Clemson eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Clemson
Top eight tracts in Clemson ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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