Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Sweet Bay Eviction Risk: Lower , Panama City
Tract 12005002500 · Bay, FL · pop 2,854 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
12005002500 is a census tract in the Sweet Bay area of Pretty Bayou, FL. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Cost burden runs 38% here against 54.8% across Bay County.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units1,237
Renter share18.9%
SVI overall0.31
Poverty rate5.6%
Median income$96,537
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
19
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
28
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Panama City and the region
Centroid at 30.2061, -85.7034 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sweet Bay scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Panama City
3.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.8
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
5.6% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,169 rent vs county FMR
2.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Panama City
7.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Panama City
3.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Panama City
5.3
How Sweet Bay compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 31
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 28%Socioeconomic
- 57%Household composition
- 27%Racial/ethnic minority
- 31%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)
- 139Total filings over 10 yrs
- 7.61%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.6%Peak (2015)
- 20Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 67% over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Sweet Bay. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sweet Bay
The clearest offset is eviction-process difficulty at 1.1/10. At $1,169 a month, rents run 33% under what the rest of Pretty Bayou commands.
On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.4/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
Court records carry 139 eviction filings across 10 observed years. It sits 0.8 points below the Bay County average of 3.8.
The worst year on record was 2015, when 11.6% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 7.6% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
At 19% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.8/10. Against average income of $96,537, annual rent is just 15%.
Statewide the FL average is 4.1, so this tract runs 1.1 points cooler.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 12005002500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12005002500?
Census tract 12005002500 in the Sweet Bay neighborhood scores 3/10 (Lower 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 12005002500?
Median gross rent is $1,169/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12005002500?
5.6% of residents in tract 12005002500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,854.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12005002500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 57th, minority 27th, housing 31th.
Q5
Is tract 12005002500 considered part of Sweet Bay?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 12005002500 fall within Sweet Bay (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12005002500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 139 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 12005002500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.61% of renter households, peaking at 11.6% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 12005002500 compare to Panama City overall?
Tract 12005002500 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Panama City at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Panama City; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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