Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Brandywine Eviction Risk: Lower , Forest Acres
Tract 45079011102 · Richland County, SC · pop 3,819 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Tract 45079011102 sits in the Brandywine area of Forest Acres, SC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.8/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units1,700
Renter share21.6%
SVI overall0.48
Poverty rate10.5%
Median income$76,667
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
20
th percentile
Low
Within county
5
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Forest Acres and the region
Centroid at 34.0472, -80.9686 · click any tract to drill in
Why Brandywine scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Forest Acres
7.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.9
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
10.5% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,641 rent vs county FMR
7.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Forest Acres
8.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Forest Acres
4.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Forest Acres
6.3
How Brandywine compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 48
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 39%Socioeconomic
- 51%Household composition
- 37%Racial/ethnic minority
- 60%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)
- 267Total filings over 5 yrs
- 22.22%Avg annual filing rate
- 29.9%Peak (2014)
- 72Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 60% over the past 5 months.
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.
- 7.6%Housing insecurity
- 5.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.2%Food insecurity
- 4.6%SNAP enrollment
- 5.0%Transit barriers
- 7.5%No health insurance
- 13.0%Frequent mental distress
- 25.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Brandywine
Against Richland County at 49.7%, 39% of renters here are cost-burdened. At $1,641 a month, rents run 30% over what the rest of Forest Acres commands. The voucher gap is 26.4%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.1/10. 17% 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, 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. SNAP participation runs 4.6% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 8.2% against 17.8% nationally.
The filing record is not thin: 267 evictions over 5 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2014, when 29.9% of renter households were served.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 45079011102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45079011102?
Census tract 45079011102 in the Brandywine 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 45079011102?
Median gross rent is $1,641/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45079011102?
10.5% of residents in tract 45079011102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,819.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45079011102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 39th, household 51th, minority 37th, housing 60th.
Q5
Is tract 45079011102 considered part of Brandywine?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45079011102 fall within Brandywine (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45079011102?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 267 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45079011102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 22.22% of renter households, peaking at 29.9% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 45079011102 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.6% 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. 5.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 45079011102 compare to Forest Acres overall?
Tract 45079011102 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Forest Acres at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Forest Acres; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Forest Acres
Top eight tracts in Forest Acres ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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