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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Anderson County — Social Vulnerability Index

Unofficial CDC-method recomputation, 2020–2024 ACS 5-year
Anderson County — Social Vulnerability Index by census tract
Tract 201.00 — 59 (Upper-middle)Tract 202.01 — 21 (Lower)Tract 202.02 — 79 (Higher)Tract 203.00 — 36 (Lower-middle)Tract 204.00 — 52 (Upper-middle)Tract 205.00 — 73 (Higher)Tract 206.00 — 8 (Lower)Tract 207.00 — 39 (Middle)Tract 208.00 — 60 (Upper-middle)Tract 209.02 — 45 (Middle)Tract 210.01 — 36 (Lower-middle)Tract 210.02 — 46 (Middle)Tract 211.00 — 39 (Lower-middle)Tract 212.01 — 51 (Upper-middle)Tract 212.02 — 69 (Higher)Tract 213.01 — 16 (Lower)Tract 213.03 — 31 (Lower-middle)Tract 213.04 — 72 (Higher)Tract 9801.00 — no data (unmeasured)Tract 209.01 — 46 (Middle)
Where this is
Shading: Overall SVI Percentile
Lower (8 to 21)Lower-middle (31 to 39)Middle (39 to 46)Upper-middle (51 to 60)Higher (69 to 79)No data
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.
Median tract: 46th percentile (among all U.S. tracts).
These tracts span the 8th percentile to the 79th percentile. The width of that range is the internal disparity.
Tract 209.01 is marked below — Near the median.
Well above the median0 (0%) · 0 people
Above the median5 (26%) · 21,453 people
Near the median6 (32%) · 29,331 people ◀ Tract 209.01
Below the median6 (32%) · 22,501 people
Well below the median2 (11%) · 5,868 people
Widest spread across these tracts: Housing Type & Transportation — 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.
Tract 202.02 (pop. 4,190) — 79th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above), Household Characteristics (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 205.00 (pop. 4,090) — 73rd percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above) and Household Characteristics (well above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 213.04 (pop. 3,588) — 72nd percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above), Household Characteristics (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 212.02 (pop. 4,928) — 69th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 208.00 (pop. 4,657) — 60th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 201.00 (pop. 3,027) — 59th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); below the median on Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 204.00 (pop. 4,800) — 52nd percentile — Near the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Household Characteristics (above); below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 212.01 (pop. 5,243) — 51st percentile — Near the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status and Household Characteristics; below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 210.02 (pop. 3,594) — 46th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Household Characteristics (above); below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 209.01 (pop. 6,425) — 46th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 209.02 (pop. 6,242) — 45th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (well above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 207.00 (pop. 1,497) — 39th percentile — Below the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above); below the median on Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 211.00 (pop. 4,515) — 39th percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Socioeconomic Status and Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 210.01 (pop. 2,724) — 36th percentile — Below the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 203.00 (pop. 4,295) — 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 213.03 (pop. 3,936) — 31st percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 202.01 (pop. 5,534) — 21st 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 213.01 (pop. 3,420) — 16th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 206.00 (pop. 2,448) — 8th percentile — Well below the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
1 tract unranked — no population or suppressed
These carry no percentile (zero-population or suppressed data, typically water and special-use tracts). They are excluded from the bands, median and range above, and are never shown as a low score.
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 all U.S. tracts. "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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