Within county
40
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #29,578 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 45081960100 Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 45081960100 · Saluda County, SC · pop 2,694
For landlords sizing up Saluda, census tract 45081960100 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 5.2/10. That is riskier than about 45% of US census tracts.
43% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 31% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $686 a month while the average household earns $62,031 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. Renters make up 19% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units1,146
Renter share19.0%
SVI overall0.42
Poverty rate19.9%
Median income$62,031
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
69
th percentile
Elevated
National
65
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Saluda County and the region
Centroid at 34.1173, -81.7463 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 45081960100 scores 4.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
2.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.2
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
19.9% poverty · this tract
5.0
Supply constraint
$686 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 45081960100 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 42
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 55%Socioeconomic
- 30%Household composition
- 45%Racial/ethnic minority
- 33%Housing & transportation
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.
- 13.5%Housing insecurity
- 8.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.4%Food insecurity
- 11.0%SNAP enrollment
- 8.7%Transit barriers
- 14.5%No health insurance
- 16.4%Frequent mental distress
- 36.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 45081960100
The heaviest input here is economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are set by South Carolina eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Saluda County average of 5.4 and in line with the South Carolina statewide average of 5.5. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 13.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 42nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 45081960100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45081960100?
Census tract 45081960100 in Saluda County 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 45081960100?
Median gross rent is $686/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45081960100?
19.9% of residents in tract 45081960100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,694.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45081960100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 42th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 55th, household 30th, minority 45th, housing 33th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 45081960100 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.5% 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. 8.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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