South Hills Eviction Risk: Lower

Cost burden runs 37% against 28.2% citywide, putting South Hills 8.9% over its own city. Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 3 to 4.6, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk. Running cool is eviction-process difficulty, at 2/10.

SNAP participation is 29.0% of households versus 15.2% nationally. 17.2% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, against a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

Severe burden reaches 13%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. The poverty rate is 20%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. On the softer side is tenant-organizing strength, at 2.5/10.

At $820 a month, rents sit 10% under what the rest of Charleston commands. Among the 10 mapped neighborhoods of Charleston, it ranks #5 by risk, the middle third. The closest comparables inside the same city are Loudon Heights and Joplin.

Rent takes 16% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market.

For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 3.5 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.