Within neighborhood
67
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,889 of 84,120 nationally
Governor's Hill Eviction Risk: Moderate , Columbia
Tract 45079002900 · Richland County, SC · pop 4,074 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
For landlords sizing up the Governor's Hill neighborhood of Columbia, census tract 45079002900 carries an elevated eviction-risk score of 6.6/10. That is riskier than about 88% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 49% of renter households, a severe level, and 42% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,592 monthly, set against $71,250 in average yearly household income, roughly 27% of income at the averages. Renters make up 70% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 34%
Stable renters 36%
Owners 30%
Tract context
Occupied units678
Renter share70.1%
SVI overall0.35
Poverty rate44.6%
Median income$71,250
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
65
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
77
th percentile
High
Within state
83
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbia and the region
Centroid at 33.9945, -81.0378 · click any tract to drill in
Why Governor's Hill scores 5.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
44.6% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,592 rent vs county FMR
7.3
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 Governor's Hill compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 35
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 64%Socioeconomic
- 0%Household composition
- 36%Racial/ethnic minority
- 84%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 1%Grade C
- 17%Grade D · redlined
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)
- 45Total filings over 5 yrs
- 3.03%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.3%Peak (2010)
- 3Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 81% over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Governor's 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.
- 12.9%Housing insecurity
- 8.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.7%Food insecurity
- 10.3%SNAP enrollment
- 13.7%Transit barriers
- 10.2%No health insurance
- 26.6%Frequent mental distress
- 31.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Governor's Hill
The heaviest input here is economic stress at $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 above the Richland County average of 5.8 and above the South Carolina statewide average of 5.5. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 17% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 45 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 3.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 5.3% of renter households in 2010.
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 45079002900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45079002900?
Census tract 45079002900 in the Governor's Hill neighborhood scores 5.3/10 (Moderate 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 45079002900?
Median gross rent is $1,592/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45079002900?
44.6% of residents in tract 45079002900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,074.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45079002900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 35th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 0th, minority 36th, housing 84th.
Q5
Is tract 45079002900 considered part of Governor's Hill?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45079002900 fall within Governor's Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45079002900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 45 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45079002900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.03% of renter households, peaking at 5.3% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 45079002900 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.9% 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. 8.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 45079002900 compare to Columbia overall?
Tract 45079002900 scores 5.3/10, 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 45079002900 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 17% 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.
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/ 10 · Elevated
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