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Neighborhood · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally

Heathwood Eviction Risk: Lower , Columbia

Tract 45079002400 · Richland County, SC · pop 4,034 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

The Moderate-tier score of 5.5/10 for census tract 45079002400 reflects conditions in the Heathwood area of Columbia, South Carolina. That is riskier than roughly 56% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 52% of renter households, a severe level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,574 monthly, set against $107,813 in average yearly household income, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 32% of occupied homes.

Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17% Stable renters 15% Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units1,959
Renter share31.9%
SVI overall0.10
Poverty rate5.1%
Median income$107,813

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Heathwood
Very High
Within parent city
8 th percentile
Rank, 8th percentileLowHigh
#49 of 53 tracts In Columbia
Very Low
Within county
18 th percentile
Rank, 18th percentileLowHigh
#81 of 98 tracts In Richland County
Very Low
Within state
22 th percentile
Rank, 22nd percentileLowHigh
#1,025 of 1,317 tracts In South Carolina
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Columbia and the region

Centroid at 34.0018, -80.9684 · click any tract to drill in

Why Heathwood scores 2.8

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
5.1% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$1,574 rent vs county FMR
7.1
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 Heathwood compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Heathwood risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 2.82.8This tracttract 002400Columbia: 2.92.9Columbiaparent cityCounty: 4.24.2Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.04.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 10

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: A: Best

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. 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)

  • 161Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 5.19%Avg annual filing rate
  • 7.0%Peak (2013)
  • 39Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2014
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 450790024002010: 29 filings (5.87/100 renter HHs)2011: 22 filings (3.34/100 renter HHs)2012: 25 filings (3.80/100 renter HHs)2013: 46 filings (6.99/100 renter HHs)2014: 39 filings (5.93/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 34% over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Heathwood. 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 Heathwood

The heaviest input here is supply constraint at 7.1/10. 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.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 10th 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.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of A ("Best"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 45079002400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45079002400?

Census tract 45079002400 in the Heathwood neighborhood scores 2.8/10 (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 45079002400?

Median gross rent is $1,574/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 45079002400?

5.1% of residents in tract 45079002400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,034.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 45079002400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 21th, minority 19th, housing 21th.
Q5

Is tract 45079002400 considered part of Heathwood?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45079002400 fall within Heathwood (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45079002400?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 161 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45079002400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.19% of renter households, peaking at 7.0% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 45079002400 struggle to pay rent?

About 5.4% 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. 3.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 45079002400 compare to Columbia overall?

Tract 45079002400 scores 2.8/10, right in line with 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 45079002400 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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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