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Three Points Eviction Risk: Lower , Columbia

Tract 45079000600 · Richland County, SC · pop 2,213 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 45079000600 (the Three Points area of Columbia, South Carolina) comes in at 5.5/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 56% of US census tracts.

About 47% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 33% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,368 a month against an average household income of $82,404 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 36% of occupied homes.

Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17% Stable renters 19% Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units1,122
Renter share36.3%
SVI overall0.09
Poverty rate10.7%
Median income$82,404

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 6 tracts In Three Points
Very Low
Within parent city
25 th percentile
Rank, 25th percentileLowHigh
#40 of 53 tracts In Columbia
Low
Within county
36 th percentile
Rank, 36th percentileLowHigh
#63 of 98 tracts In Richland County
Low
Within state
44 th percentile
Rank, 44th percentileLowHigh
#743 of 1,317 tracts In South Carolina
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Columbia and the region

Centroid at 34.0223, -81.0529 · click any tract to drill in

Why Three Points scores 3.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Columbia
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.9
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
10.7% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$1,368 rent vs county FMR
5.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Columbia
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Columbia
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Columbia
3.0

How Three Points compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Three Points risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.73.7This tracttract 000600Columbia: 2.92.9Columbiaparent cityCounty: 4.24.2Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.04.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 9

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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)

  • 248Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 12.34%Avg annual filing rate
  • 13.5%Peak (2010)
  • 63Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2014
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 450790006002010: 67 filings (13.45/100 renter HHs)2011: 46 filings (12.27/100 renter HHs)2012: 33 filings (8.80/100 renter HHs)2013: 39 filings (10.40/100 renter HHs)2014: 63 filings (16.80/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Three Points. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Three Points

The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 5.5/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Columbia eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Richland County average of 5.8 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 10.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 9th 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 45079000600

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45079000600?

Census tract 45079000600 in the Three Points neighborhood scores 3.7/10 (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 45079000600?

Median gross rent is $1,368/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 45079000600?

10.7% of residents in tract 45079000600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,213.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 45079000600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 29th, household 2th, minority 51th, housing 18th.
Q5

Is tract 45079000600 considered part of Three Points?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45079000600 fall within Three Points (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45079000600?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 248 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45079000600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.34% of renter households, peaking at 13.5% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 45079000600 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.2% 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. 6.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 45079000600 compare to Columbia overall?

Tract 45079000600 scores 3.7/10, higher than the parent city of Columbia at 2.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Columbia eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9

Was tract 45079000600 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Columbia

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

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