Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #34,278 of 84,120 nationally
Emerald Valley Eviction Risk: Moderate , St. Andrews
Tract 45079010413 · Richland County, SC · pop 2,001 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
With a score of 4.9/10, tract 45079010413 in the Emerald Valley area of Columbia, SC reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.8/10.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 41%
Stable renters 46%
Owners 13%
Tract context
Occupied units1,224
Renter share87.0%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate21.3%
Median income$48,141
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
56
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
65
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
82
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across St. Andrews and the region
Centroid at 34.0317, -81.0762 · click any tract to drill in
Why Emerald Valley scores 4.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from St. Andrews
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.9
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
21.3% poverty · this tract
5.3
Supply constraint
$1,141 rent vs county FMR
3.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from St. Andrews
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from St. Andrews
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from St. Andrews
3.0
How Emerald Valley compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 75
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 80%Socioeconomic
- 10%Household composition
- 78%Racial/ethnic minority
- 91%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)
- 2,369Total filings over 5 yrs
- 50.15%Avg annual filing rate
- 53.5%Peak (2013)
- 481Filings 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.
- 25.8%Housing insecurity
- 19.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 30.6%Food insecurity
- 24.5%SNAP enrollment
- 16.9%Transit barriers
- 15.0%No health insurance
- 21.5%Frequent mental distress
- 33.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Emerald Valley
This is renter territory: 87% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. 27% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.
Food insecurity runs 30.6% against 17.8% nationally. Running cool, state political climate reads 2.1/10. Housing insecurity runs 25.8% against 14.2% nationally.
The poverty rate is 21%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. The filing record is not thin: 2,369 evictions over 5 years of observation. It sits 0.7 points above the Richland County average of 4.2.
The worst year on record was 2013, when 53.5% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 50.1% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 59% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.8/10.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 45079010413
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45079010413?
Census tract 45079010413 in the Emerald Valley neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (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 45079010413?
Median gross rent is $1,141/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45079010413?
21.3% of residents in tract 45079010413 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,001.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45079010413?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 10th, minority 78th, housing 91th.
Q5
Is tract 45079010413 considered part of Emerald Valley?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45079010413 fall within Emerald Valley (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45079010413?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 2,369 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45079010413 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 50.15% of renter households, peaking at 53.5% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 45079010413 struggle to pay rent?
About 25.8% 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. 19.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 45079010413 compare to St. Andrews overall?
Tract 45079010413 scores 4.9/10, 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.
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Highest-risk tracts in St. Andrews
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5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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