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Lanier Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Drayton

Tract 45083021403 · Spartanburg County, SC · pop 4,473 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

45083021403 is a census tract in the Lanier Heights area of Drayton, SC. It scores 5/10 for landlords. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.8/10.

Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31% Stable renters 29% Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units1,872
Renter share60.2%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate17.2%
Median income$51,963

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Lanier Heights
Moderate
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Drayton
Moderate
Within county
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#14 of 87 tracts In Spartanburg County
High
Within state
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#231 of 1,317 tracts In South Carolina
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Drayton and the region

Centroid at 34.9925, -81.9123 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lanier Heights scores 5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Drayton
4.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.6
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
17.2% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$1,134 rent vs county FMR
4.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Drayton
9.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Drayton
9.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Drayton
9.4

How Lanier Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Lanier Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.0This tracttract 0214034.2Draytonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county4.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 96

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)

  • 288Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 35.96%Avg annual filing rate
  • 36.0%Peak (2010)
  • 288Filings 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 Lanier Heights

33% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.6/10.

Running hot, housing-court posture reads 9.4/10. Against Spartanburg County at 42.3%, 51% of renters here are cost-burdened. At $1,134 a month, rents run 21% under what the rest of Drayton commands.

Against the Spartanburg County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points. Food insecurity runs 27.0% against 17.8% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 288 evictions over 1 years of observation.

Filings peaked in 2010 at 36.0% of renter households. In a typical year about 36.0% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 61% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

Social vulnerability reads 9.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the SC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 45083021403

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45083021403?

Census tract 45083021403 in the Lanier Heights neighborhood scores 5/10 (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 45083021403?

Median gross rent is $1,134/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 45083021403?

17.2% of residents in tract 45083021403 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,473.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 45083021403?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 92th, minority 77th, housing 98th.
Q5

Is tract 45083021403 considered part of Lanier Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45083021403 fall within Lanier Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45083021403?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 288 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 45083021403 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 35.96% of renter households, peaking at 36.0% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 45083021403 struggle to pay rent?

About 20.3% 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. 13.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 45083021403 compare to Drayton overall?

Tract 45083021403 scores 5/10, higher than the parent city of Drayton at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Drayton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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