Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #28,095 of 84,120 nationally
Eastover Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 45079012000 · Richland County, SC · pop 4,769 · 9% of tract blocks fall in Eastover
Census tract 45079012000 covers part of Eastover, SC, and scores 5.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,769 residents. The severe-burden share is 39%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units1,995
Renter share17.1%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate20.3%
Median income$58,477
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
91
th percentile
Very High
Within state
89
th percentile
High
National
67
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Eastover and the region
Centroid at 33.9117, -80.6753 · click any tract to drill in
Why Eastover scores 5.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Eastover
5.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.9
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
20.3% poverty · this tract
5.1
Supply constraint
$1,095 rent vs county FMR
3.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Eastover
9.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Eastover
8.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Eastover
9.4
How Eastover compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 86
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 80%Socioeconomic
- 74%Household composition
- 77%Racial/ethnic minority
- 85%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)
- 314Total filings over 5 yrs
- 16.17%Avg annual filing rate
- 23.9%Peak (2014)
- 89Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 37% 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.
- 19.7%Housing insecurity
- 13.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 24.5%Food insecurity
- 17.9%SNAP enrollment
- 12.1%Transit barriers
- 13.1%No health insurance
- 16.7%Frequent mental distress
- 37.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Eastover
At $1,095 a month, rents run 66% over what the rest of Eastover commands. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.8/10. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 9.6/10.
63% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Richland County average of 49.7%. Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 9.4/10.
The poverty rate is 20%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. It sits 1.1 points above the Richland County average of 4.2.
The filing record is not thin: 314 evictions over 5 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2014 at 23.9% of renter households.
In a typical year about 16.2% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 67th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 17% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.8/10.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 45079012000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45079012000?
Census tract 45079012000 in Eastover 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 45079012000?
Median gross rent is $1,095/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45079012000?
20.3% of residents in tract 45079012000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,769.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45079012000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 74th, minority 77th, housing 85th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45079012000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 314 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45079012000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 16.17% of renter households, peaking at 23.9% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45079012000 struggle to pay rent?
About 19.7% 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. 13.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 45079012000 compare to Eastover overall?
Tract 45079012000 scores 5.3/10, higher than the parent city of Eastover at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Eastover; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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