Within neighborhood
33
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally
Emerald Valley Eviction Risk: Moderate , St. Andrews
Tract 45079010407 · Richland County, SC · pop 4,377 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Tract 45079010407 sits in the Emerald Valley area of St. Andrews, SC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.7/10. Population here is 4,377. 40% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units1,741
Renter share47.7%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate24.9%
Median income$58,645
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Within county
57
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
75
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across St. Andrews and the region
Centroid at 34.0505, -81.0901 · click any tract to drill in
Why Emerald Valley scores 4.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from St. Andrews
7.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.9
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
24.9% poverty · this tract
6.2
Supply constraint
$1,154 rent vs county FMR
3.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from St. Andrews
1.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from St. Andrews
1.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from St. Andrews
1.6
How Emerald Valley compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 69
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 86%Socioeconomic
- 66%Household composition
- 90%Racial/ethnic minority
- 19%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)
- 1,903Total filings over 5 yrs
- 57.95%Avg annual filing rate
- 61.3%Peak (2010)
- 358Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Emerald Valley. 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.
- 24.8%Housing insecurity
- 18.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 30.9%Food insecurity
- 25.0%SNAP enrollment
- 15.4%Transit barriers
- 14.4%No health insurance
- 18.5%Frequent mental distress
- 38.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Emerald Valley
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.8/10. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.3/10.
60% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Richland County average of 49.7%. On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 1.3/10.
The poverty rate is 25%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Housing insecurity runs 24.8% against 14.2% nationally.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 18.4% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The filing record is not thin: 1,903 evictions over 5 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2010 at 61.3% of renter households.
In a typical year about 57.9% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 55th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.2/10.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 45079010407
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45079010407?
Census tract 45079010407 in the Emerald Valley neighborhood scores 4.7/10 (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 45079010407?
Median gross rent is $1,154/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45079010407?
24.9% of residents in tract 45079010407 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,377.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45079010407?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 66th, minority 90th, housing 19th.
Q5
Is tract 45079010407 considered part of Emerald Valley?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45079010407 fall within Emerald Valley (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45079010407?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,903 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45079010407 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 57.95% of renter households, peaking at 61.3% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 45079010407 struggle to pay rent?
About 24.8% 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. 18.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 45079010407 compare to St. Andrews overall?
Tract 45079010407 scores 4.7/10, higher than the parent city of St. Andrews at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from St. Andrews eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in St. Andrews
Top eight tracts in St. Andrews ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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