Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #26,446 of 84,120 nationally
Watson Hills Eviction Risk: Moderate , Enoree
Tract 45083023700 · Spartanburg County, SC · pop 4,188 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
In the Watson Hills neighborhood of Enoree, census tract 45083023700 scores 5.5/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 56% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 57% of renter households, a severe level, and 55% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $57,557 a year. Renters make up 22% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units1,853
Renter share21.8%
SVI overall0.45
Poverty rate17.0%
Median income$57,557
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
70
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
75
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Enoree and the region
Centroid at 34.6789, -81.9163 · click any tract to drill in
Why Watson Hills scores 4.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Enoree
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.6
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
17.0% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Enoree
1.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Enoree
5.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Enoree
2.1
How Watson Hills compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 45
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 51%Socioeconomic
- 58%Household composition
- 25%Racial/ethnic minority
- 35%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)
- 32Total filings over 1 yrs
- 9.33%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.3%Peak (2010)
- 32Filings 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.
- 12.9%Housing insecurity
- 8.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.2%Food insecurity
- 10.0%SNAP enrollment
- 8.3%Transit barriers
- 12.9%No health insurance
- 17.9%Frequent mental distress
- 35.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Watson Hills
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 5.6/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Enoree, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Spartanburg County average of 5.5 and in line with the South Carolina statewide average of 5.5. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 32 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 9.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 9.3% of renter households in 2010.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 45th 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 45083023700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45083023700?
Census tract 45083023700 in the Watson Hills neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 45083023700?
17.0% of residents in tract 45083023700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,188.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 45083023700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 45th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 51th, household 58th, minority 25th, housing 35th.
Q4
Is tract 45083023700 considered part of Watson Hills?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45083023700 fall within Watson Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45083023700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 32 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 45083023700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.33% of renter households, peaking at 9.3% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45083023700 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.9% 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. 8.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 45083023700 compare to Enoree overall?
Tract 45083023700 scores 4.9/10, higher than the parent city of Enoree at 2.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Enoree; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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