Social Vulnerability Index Recalculation

The Social Vulnerability Index Recalculation is based on the important work of the federal Centers for Disease Control. With the future of that index in doubt, the same federal datasets and methodologies were used to carry the index forward.

The most recent SVI uses the 2022 American Communities Survey as its base. This recalculation matches the 2022 baseline 100 percent. The 2022 methodologies form the basis of the updated calculations for subsequent ACS vintages. This platform will run updates on all new ACS releases.

Should the SVI be updated with changed methodologies, this platform will update to match, while preserving the 2022 methodologies for comparison purposes.

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Orangeburg County — Social Vulnerability Index

Unofficial CDC-method recomputation, 2020–2024 ACS 5-year
Orangeburg County — Social Vulnerability Index by census tract
Shading: Overall SVI Percentile
Lower (19 to 39)Lower-middle (42 to 58)Middle (58 to 68)Upper-middle (68 to 83)Higher (87 to 99)
Each unit is shaded by its Overall SVI Percentile value and grouped into equal-count bands (quantiles) against the other units shown — lighter = lower, darker = higher. It ranks position among the units in view; it does not grade places, and the ranges shift with which units are shown.

The map is bounded to this parent geography — it shows the selected unit among its own siblings only, the same depth rule the drill-down uses. Shading ranks position on the measure among the units shown; it does not grade places.

Click a tract to see its overall percentile and theme scores.

Median tract: 61st percentile (among tracts in SC).
These tracts span the 19th percentile to the 99th percentile. The width of that range is the internal disparity.
Well above the median9 (23%) · 18,867 people
Above the median13 (33%) · 34,158 people
Near the median10 (26%) · 19,574 people
Below the median6 (15%) · 8,681 people
Well below the median1 (3%) · 1,973 people
Widest spread across these tracts: Household Characteristics — this theme most separates the higher- and lower-ranked tracts here.

The SVI ranks each tract's position relative to a comparison set; it is not averaged into one number for the area, because percentiles do not average meaningfully. The distribution — median, range, and shape below — is the summary.
Well above the median — 9 tracts (80th–100th percentile)
Tract 106.04 (pop. 1,131) — 99th percentile — Well above the median CDC-based flag ≥ 90th percentile
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (well above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above).
Tract 101.01 (pop. 2,107) — 97th percentile — Well above the median CDC-based flag ≥ 90th percentile
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (well above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above).
Tract 113.00 (pop. 2,957) — 97th percentile — Well above the median CDC-based flag ≥ 90th percentile
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (well above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above).
Tract 102.00 (pop. 3,930) — 94th percentile — Well above the median CDC-based flag ≥ 90th percentile
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (well above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above).
Tract 114.00 (pop. 3,325) — 94th percentile — Well above the median CDC-based flag ≥ 90th percentile
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above).
Tract 106.02 (pop. 1,182) — 93rd percentile — Well above the median CDC-based flag ≥ 90th percentile
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (well above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above).
Tract 118.03 (pop. 661) — 88th percentile — Well above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (well above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above); near the median on Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 103.03 (pop. 560) — 87th percentile — Well above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above); near the median on Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 111.00 (pop. 3,014) — 83rd percentile — Well above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above).
Above the median — 13 tracts (60th–80th percentile)
Tract 110.00 (pop. 5,730) — 75th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (well above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status.
Tract 104.00 (pop. 3,434) — 75th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); below the median on Household Characteristics.
Tract 108.01 (pop. 813) — 73rd percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above); near the median on Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Household Characteristics.
Tract 109.02 (pop. 6,858) — 72nd percentile — Above the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status.
Tract 107.00 (pop. 2,652) — 71st percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); below the median on Household Characteristics.
Tract 103.02 (pop. 790) — 69th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above); near the median on Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Household Characteristics.
Tract 101.04 (pop. 919) — 68th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (well above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); below the median on Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 118.02 (pop. 1,145) — 68th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above); below the median on Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 101.02 (pop. 1,291) — 65th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); below the median on Household Characteristics.
Tract 116.00 (pop. 4,852) — 62nd percentile — Above the median
Driven by Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 103.01 (pop. 1,174) — 61st percentile — Above the median
Driven by Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Household Characteristics.
Tract 120.00 (pop. 3,354) — 61st percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); below the median on Household Characteristics.
Tract 106.01 (pop. 1,146) — 61st percentile — Above the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Housing Type & Transportation.
Near the median — 10 tracts (40th–60th percentile)
Tract 106.03 (pop. 1,083) — 59th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above); near the median on Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Socioeconomic Status.
Tract 105.00 (pop. 3,638) — 58th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); near the median on Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 115.00 (pop. 2,827) — 58th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 117.02 (pop. 1,237) — 53rd percentile — Near the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Household Characteristics.
Tract 118.01 (pop. 1,371) — 49th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above); below the median on Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 118.04 (pop. 892) — 45th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 117.03 (pop. 1,163) — 44th percentile — Near the median
Near the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 117.01 (pop. 686) — 43rd percentile — Near the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 119.00 (pop. 3,818) — 43rd percentile — Near the median
Near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Household Characteristics.
Tract 112.00 (pop. 2,859) — 42nd percentile — Near the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above); near the median on Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Household Characteristics.
Below the median — 6 tracts (20th–40th percentile)
Tract 103.04 (pop. 2,174) — 39th percentile — Below the median
Driven by Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 103.05 (pop. 1,141) — 37th percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 101.03 (pop. 1,095) — 36th percentile — Below the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (well above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 108.03 (pop. 1,520) — 34th percentile — Below the median
Driven by Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 117.04 (pop. 1,118) — 32nd percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 108.02 (pop. 1,633) — 31st percentile — Below the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Housing Type & Transportation.
Well below the median — 1 tract (0th–20th percentile)
Tract 109.01 (pop. 1,973) — 19th percentile — Well below the median
Driven by Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
SVI = the CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index, recomputed by this platform from American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates using CDC's published method. Percentiles rank each tract against tracts in SC. "Vulnerability" is the name of CDC's index; the platform reports where a place ranks on it, and does not grade places or their residents.
Top-decile flags follow CDC's own convention (≥ 90th percentile) and are attributed as such; they are not part of an official CDC distribution.

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