Within county
35
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #57,812 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 45079011902 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 45079011902 · Richland County, SC · pop 4,581
45079011902 is a census tract in Richland County, SC. It scores 3.5/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,581. 19% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well under the Richland County average of 49.7%.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units1,807
Renter share19.6%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate10.6%
Median income$80,020
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
44
th percentile
Moderate
National
31
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Richland County and the region
Centroid at 33.9586, -80.7893 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 45079011902 scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
2.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.9
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
10.6% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,313 rent vs county FMR
5.1
Rent control risk
State baseline
2.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 45079011902 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.
- 52%Socioeconomic
- 72%Household composition
- 69%Racial/ethnic minority
- 89%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)
- 393Total filings over 5 yrs
- 19.60%Avg annual filing rate
- 25.5%Peak (2014)
- 100Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 47% over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 14.6%Housing insecurity
- 9.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.8%Food insecurity
- 10.5%SNAP enrollment
- 8.8%Transit barriers
- 11.4%No health insurance
- 15.7%Frequent mental distress
- 32.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 45079011902
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.8/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 2.1/10.
On the softer side, local political climate reads 2.1/10. 11% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
The filing record is not thin: 393 evictions over 5 years of observation. It sits 0.7 points below the Richland County average of 4.2. The worst year on record was 2014, when 25.5% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 19.6% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 31% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. At 20% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.8/10. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent runs $1,313 a month.
Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $80,020.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 45079011902
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45079011902?
Census tract 45079011902 in Richland County scores 3.5/10 (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 45079011902?
Median gross rent is $1,313/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 19% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45079011902?
10.6% of residents in tract 45079011902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,581.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45079011902?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 52th, household 72th, minority 69th, housing 89th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45079011902?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 393 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45079011902 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 19.60% of renter households, peaking at 25.5% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45079011902 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.6% 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. 9.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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