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Census Tract · Ranked #47,371 of 84,120 nationally

Cocoa Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 12009071500 · Brevard, FL · pop 2,404 · 95% of tract blocks fall in Cocoa

With a score of 4.1/10, tract 12009071500 in Cocoa, FL reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. The severe-burden share is 39%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17% Stable renters 7% Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units1,512
Renter share24.1%
SVI overall0.27
Poverty rate9.2%
Median income$72,984

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
29 th percentile
Rank, 29th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 8 tracts In Cocoa
Low
Within county
64 th percentile
Rank, 64th percentileLowHigh
#53 of 147 tracts In Brevard
Elevated
Within state
58 th percentile
Rank, 58th percentileLowHigh
#2,145 of 5,122 tracts In Florida
Elevated
National
44 th percentile
Rank, 44th percentileLowHigh
#47,371 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Cocoa and the region

Centroid at 28.3719, -80.7338 · click any tract to drill in

Why Cocoa scores 4.1

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
9.2% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,259 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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: 4.14.1This tracttract 071500Cocoa: 4.04.0Cocoaparent cityCounty: 3.93.9Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.14.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 27

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)

  • 302Total filings over 10 yrs
  • 6.80%Avg annual filing rate
  • 10.0%Peak (2003)
  • 26Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 120090715002002: 33 filings (6.37/100 renter HHs)2003: 52 filings (10.04/100 renter HHs)2004: 33 filings (6.37/100 renter HHs)2011: 22 filings (5.90/100 renter HHs)2012: 20 filings (5.36/100 renter HHs)2014: 30 filings (8.04/100 renter HHs)2015: 39 filings (10.46/100 renter HHs)2016: 20 filings (4.22/100 renter HHs)2017: 27 filings (5.70/100 renter HHs)2018: 26 filings (5.49/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 21% 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

Against Brevard County at 48.9%, 71% of renters here are cost-burdened. Pulling hardest the other way is eviction-process difficulty at 1.2/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.3/10. Court records carry 302 eviction filings across 10 observed years. The worst year on record was 2003, when 10.0% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 6.8% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 44th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 24% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

It tracks the Brevard County average of 3.9 closely.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 12009071500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12009071500?

Census tract 12009071500 in Cocoa scores 4.1/10 (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 12009071500?

Median gross rent is $1,259/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 71% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 12009071500?

9.2% of residents in tract 12009071500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,404.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 12009071500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 27th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 37th, household 22th, minority 22th, housing 34th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12009071500?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 302 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 12009071500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.80% of renter households, peaking at 10.0% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

How does tract 12009071500 compare to Cocoa overall?

Tract 12009071500 scores 4.1/10, right in line with 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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