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Census Tract · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally

Cocoa Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 12009062301 · Brevard, FL · pop 3,131 · 84% of tract blocks fall in Cocoa

Tract 12009062301 sits in Cocoa, FL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.8/10. Population here is 3,131. Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1/10.

Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 26% Owners 56%
Tract context
Occupied units1,273
Renter share43.8%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate9.9%
Median income$47,061

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#3 of 8 tracts In Cocoa
Elevated
Within county
82 th percentile
Rank, 82nd percentileLowHigh
#27 of 147 tracts In Brevard
High
Within state
76 th percentile
Rank, 76th percentileLowHigh
#1,236 of 5,122 tracts In Florida
High
National
58 th percentile
Rank, 58th percentileLowHigh
#35,669 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Cocoa and the region

Centroid at 28.3669, -80.7450 · click any tract to drill in

Why Cocoa scores 4.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Cocoa
4.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.2
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
9.9% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$948 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Cocoa
8.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Cocoa
7.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Cocoa
7.1

How Cocoa compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Cocoa risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.84.8This tracttract 062301Cocoa: 4.04.0Cocoaparent cityCounty: 3.93.9Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.14.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 86

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)

  • 612Total filings over 10 yrs
  • 7.08%Avg annual filing rate
  • 10.1%Peak (2012)
  • 41Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 120090623012002: 55 filings (5.44/100 renter HHs)2003: 49 filings (4.85/100 renter HHs)2004: 55 filings (5.44/100 renter HHs)2011: 74 filings (8.41/100 renter HHs)2012: 89 filings (10.11/100 renter HHs)2014: 70 filings (7.95/100 renter HHs)2015: 69 filings (7.84/100 renter HHs)2016: 54 filings (7.43/100 renter HHs)2017: 56 filings (7.70/100 renter HHs)2018: 41 filings (5.64/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 25% over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Cocoa

The severe-burden share is 25%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.2/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

At $948 a month, rents run 26% under what the rest of Cocoa commands. 41% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Brevard County average of 48.9%. It sits 0.9 points above the Brevard County average of 3.9.

Court records carry 612 eviction filings across 10 observed years. The worst year on record was 2012, when 10.1% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 7.1% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #35,669 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 12009062301

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12009062301?

Census tract 12009062301 in Cocoa scores 4.8/10 (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 12009062301?

Median gross rent is $948/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 12009062301?

9.9% of residents in tract 12009062301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,131.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 12009062301?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 45th, minority 81th, housing 84th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12009062301?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 612 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 12009062301 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.08% of renter households, peaking at 10.1% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

How does tract 12009062301 compare to Cocoa overall?

Tract 12009062301 scores 4.8/10, higher than the parent city of Cocoa at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Cocoa; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Cocoa

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

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