Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally
Saluda Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 45081960201 · Saluda County, SC · pop 4,972 · 25% of tract blocks fall in Saluda
Census tract 45081960201 covers part of Saluda, SC, and scores 4.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,972. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.3/10.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units1,649
Renter share18.0%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate22.1%
Median income$47,771
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
80
th percentile
High
Within state
75
th percentile
High
National
55
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Saluda and the region
Centroid at 33.9956, -81.8670 · click any tract to drill in
Why Saluda scores 4.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Saluda
3.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.2
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
22.1% poverty · this tract
5.5
Supply constraint
$834 rent vs county FMR
1.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Saluda
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Saluda
9.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Saluda
8.2
How Saluda compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 87
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 69%Socioeconomic
- 99%Household composition
- 73%Racial/ethnic minority
- 74%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.
- 19.6%Housing insecurity
- 13.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 28.5%Food insecurity
- 19.8%SNAP enrollment
- 12.8%Transit barriers
- 19.9%No health insurance
- 17.4%Frequent mental distress
- 43.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Saluda
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.7/10. The severe-burden share is 20%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.4/10. The poverty rate is 22%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Food insecurity runs 28.5% against 17.8% nationally.
Adults with no health insurance runs 19.9% against 11.3% nationally. 41% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Saluda County average of 36.0%.
It sits 0.6 points above the Saluda County average of 4.1. That is riskier than roughly 55% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Only 18% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
Average gross rent is $834, close to the Saluda average.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 45081960201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45081960201?
Census tract 45081960201 in Saluda 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 45081960201?
Median gross rent is $834/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45081960201?
22.1% of residents in tract 45081960201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,972.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45081960201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 69th, household 99th, minority 73th, housing 74th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 45081960201 struggle to pay rent?
About 19.6% 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. 13.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 45081960201 compare to Saluda overall?
Tract 45081960201 scores 4.7/10, higher than the parent city of Saluda at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Saluda; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Saluda
Top eight tracts in Saluda ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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