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Neighborhood · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally

Ridgecrest Eviction Risk: Moderate , Spartanburg

Tract 45083020701 · Spartanburg County, SC · pop 3,596 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

45083020701 is a census tract in the Ridgecrest area of Spartanburg, SC. It scores 4.8/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,596. Severe burden reaches 35%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31% Stable renters 27% Owners 42%
Tract context
Occupied units1,379
Renter share57.3%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate42.1%
Median income$32,210

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Ridgecrest
Moderate
Within parent city
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 16 tracts In Spartanburg
High
Within county
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#26 of 87 tracts In Spartanburg County
Elevated
Within state
79 th percentile
Rank, 79th percentileLowHigh
#276 of 1,317 tracts In South Carolina
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Spartanburg and the region

Centroid at 34.9279, -81.9513 · click any tract to drill in

Why Ridgecrest scores 4.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Spartanburg
3.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.6
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
42.1% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,000 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Spartanburg
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Spartanburg
2.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Spartanburg
2.5

How Ridgecrest compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Ridgecrest risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.8This tracttract 0207013.4Spartanburgparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county4.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 90

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 204Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 26.39%Avg annual filing rate
  • 26.4%Peak (2010)
  • 204Filings in 2010 (latest validated)
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Ridgecrest

The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 9.8/10.

The poverty rate is 42%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Set annual rent against average income of $32,210 and the ratio lands at 37%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.

Against Spartanburg County at 42.3%, 54% of renters here are cost-burdened. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.

Housing insecurity runs 31.0% against 14.2% nationally. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 23.9% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Court records carry 204 eviction filings across 1 observed years.

Against the Spartanburg County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.8 points. Average gross rent is $1,000, 9% below the Spartanburg average. Filings peaked in 2010 at 26.4% of renter households.

In a typical year about 26.4% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #35,669 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 45083020701

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45083020701?

Census tract 45083020701 in the Ridgecrest neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (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 45083020701?

Median gross rent is $1,000/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 45083020701?

42.1% of residents in tract 45083020701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,596.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 45083020701?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 87th, household 95th, minority 82th, housing 68th.
Q5

Is tract 45083020701 considered part of Ridgecrest?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45083020701 fall within Ridgecrest (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45083020701?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 204 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 45083020701 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 26.39% of renter households, peaking at 26.4% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 45083020701 struggle to pay rent?

About 31.0% 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. 23.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 45083020701 compare to Spartanburg overall?

Tract 45083020701 scores 4.8/10, higher than the parent city of Spartanburg at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Spartanburg eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Spartanburg

Top eight tracts in Spartanburg ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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