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Hollywood-Rose Hill Eviction Risk: Lower , Columbia

Tract 45079002500 · Richland County, SC · pop 3,410 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

45079002500 is a census tract in the Hollywood-Rose Hill area of Columbia, SC. It scores 3/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,410 residents. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.8/10.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 13% Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units1,808
Renter share28.1%
SVI overall0.14
Poverty rate11.4%
Median income$86,750

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 7 tracts In Hollywood-Rose Hill
Very Low
Within parent city
10 th percentile
Rank, 10th percentileLowHigh
#48 of 53 tracts In Columbia
Very Low
Within county
14 th percentile
Rank, 14th percentileLowHigh
#84 of 98 tracts In Richland County
Very Low
Within state
29 th percentile
Rank, 29th percentileLowHigh
#932 of 1,317 tracts In South Carolina
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Columbia and the region

Centroid at 33.9935, -80.9938 · click any tract to drill in

Why Hollywood-Rose Hill scores 3

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
11.4% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$1,072 rent vs county FMR
3.3
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 Hollywood-Rose Hill compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Hollywood-Rose Hill risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 0025003.8Columbiaparent city4.2Countyavg tract in county4.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 14

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)

  • 140Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 5.83%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.0%Peak (2010)
  • 27Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2014
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 45079002500
Filings dropped 16% over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Hollywood-Rose Hill. 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 Hollywood-Rose Hill

Severe burden reaches 27%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.

Food insecurity runs 5.3% against 17.8% nationally. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.1/10.

Against the Richland County average of 4.2, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.2 points. Cost burden runs 55% here against 49.7% across Richland County.

Court records carry 140 eviction filings across 5 observed years. Average gross rent is $1,072, 11% below the Columbia average. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.9% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

The worst year on record was 2010, when 5.0% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Columbia. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 5.8% of renter households face a filing.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 45079002500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45079002500?

Census tract 45079002500 in the Hollywood-Rose Hill neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 45079002500?

Median gross rent is $1,072/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 45079002500?

11.4% of residents in tract 45079002500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,410.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 45079002500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 19th, household 16th, minority 28th, housing 23th.
Q5

Is tract 45079002500 considered part of Hollywood-Rose Hill?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45079002500 fall within Hollywood-Rose Hill (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45079002500?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 140 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45079002500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.83% of renter households, peaking at 5.0% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 45079002500 struggle to pay rent?

About 5.6% 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. 3.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 45079002500 compare to Columbia overall?

Tract 45079002500 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Columbia at 3.8/10. 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 45079002500 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. 2% 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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