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Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally

Beville Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Gainesville

Tract 12001002217 · Alachua County, FL · pop 5,007 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

Census tract 12001002217 covers part of the Beville Heights area of Gainesville, FL, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,007. This is renter territory: 86% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 47% Stable renters 39% Owners 14%
Tract context
Occupied units2,742
Renter share86.3%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate32.3%
Median income$42,755

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Beville Heights
Very Low
Within parent city
89 th percentile
Rank, 89th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 38 tracts In Gainesville
High
Within county
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 58 tracts In Alachua County
Very High
Within state
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#495 of 5,122 tracts In Florida
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Gainesville and the region

Centroid at 29.6512, -82.4176 · click any tract to drill in

Why Beville Heights scores 5.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Gainesville
7.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.4
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
32.3% poverty · this tract
8.1
Supply constraint
$1,193 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Gainesville
2.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Gainesville
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Gainesville
4.0

How Beville Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Beville Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.4This tracttract 0022174.0Gainesvilleparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 78

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)

  • 1,532Total filings over 8 yrs
  • 10.31%Avg annual filing rate
  • 10.5%Peak (2014)
  • 213Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 12001002217
Filings climbed 32% over the past 8 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 796Total filings 2020-21
  • 10.9Avg monthly (observed)
  • 16.3Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.67×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-01-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Gainesville, FL as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Beville Heights. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Beville Heights

The severe-burden share is 24%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The clearest offset is state political climate at 1.5/10. The poverty rate is 32%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Annualized rent equals 33% of average household income of $42,755, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. On the high side, economic stress reads 8.1/10.

On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10. Against the Alachua County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points.

The filing record is not thin: 1,532 evictions over 8 years of observation. Adults with no health insurance runs 18.6% against 11.3% nationally.

Filings peaked in 2014 at 10.5% of renter households. In a typical year about 10.3% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 12001002217

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12001002217?

Census tract 12001002217 in the Beville Heights neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (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 12001002217?

Median gross rent is $1,193/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 12001002217?

32.3% of residents in tract 12001002217 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,007.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 12001002217?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 50th, minority 75th, housing 81th.
Q5

Is tract 12001002217 considered part of Beville Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 12001002217 fall within Beville Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12001002217?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,532 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 12001002217 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.31% of renter households, peaking at 10.5% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 12001002217 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.67× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Gainesville eviction risk, FL), 2020-2021.
Q8

How does tract 12001002217 compare to Gainesville overall?

Tract 12001002217 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Gainesville at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Gainesville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Gainesville

Top eight tracts in Gainesville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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