Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Fraternity Row Eviction Risk: Moderate , Gainesville
Tract 12001001000 · Alachua County, FL · pop 7,317 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
With a score of 5.4/10, tract 12001001000 in the Fraternity Row area of Gainesville, FL reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 7,317. 60% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 51%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units3,144
Renter share60.5%
SVI overall0.37
Poverty rate43.6%
Median income$36,080
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
95
th percentile
Very High
Within county
81
th percentile
High
Within state
90
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Gainesville and the region
Centroid at 29.6585, -82.3551 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fraternity Row scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
43.6% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,496 rent vs county FMR
4.5
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 Fraternity Row compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 37
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 72%Socioeconomic
- 1%Household composition
- 43%Racial/ethnic minority
- 65%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)
- 65Total filings over 8 yrs
- 0.54%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.5%Peak (2002)
- 8Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 68% over the past 8 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 99Total filings 2020-21
- 1.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 2.41×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Gainesville, FL as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fraternity Row
Against Alachua County at 50.9%, 85% of renters here are cost-burdened. What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10. Set annual rent against average income of $36,080 and the ratio lands at 50%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.
The poverty rate is 44%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10.
It sits 1.3 points above the Alachua County average of 4.1. Average gross rent is $1,496, 15% above the Gainesville average. The filing record is not thin: 65 evictions over 8 years of observation.
The worst year on record was 2002, when 1.5% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 0.5% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 12001001000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12001001000?
Census tract 12001001000 in the Fraternity Row 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 12001001000?
Median gross rent is $1,496/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 85% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12001001000?
43.6% of residents in tract 12001001000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,317.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12001001000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 37th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 1th, minority 43th, housing 65th.
Q5
Is tract 12001001000 considered part of Fraternity Row?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 12001001000 fall within Fraternity Row (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12001001000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 65 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 12001001000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.54% of renter households, peaking at 1.5% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 12001001000 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 2.41× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Gainesville eviction risk, FL), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 12001001000 compare to Gainesville overall?
Tract 12001001000 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.
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