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Census Tract · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally

Melbourne Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 12009064123 · Brevard, FL · pop 6,498

Tract 12009064123 sits in Melbourne eviction risk, FL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.1/10. Severe burden reaches 26%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19% Stable renters 25% Owners 56%
Tract context
Occupied units3,013
Renter share44.0%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate17.1%
Median income$69,276

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#8 of 24 tracts In Melbourne
Elevated
Within county
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#19 of 147 tracts In Brevard
High
Within state
81 th percentile
Rank, 81st percentileLowHigh
#964 of 5,122 tracts In Florida
High
National
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#31,049 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Melbourne and the region

Centroid at 28.1501, -80.6626 · click any tract to drill in

Why Melbourne scores 5.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Melbourne
4.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.2
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
17.1% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$1,702 rent vs county FMR
5.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Melbourne
7.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Melbourne
8.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Melbourne
7.1

How Melbourne compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Melbourne risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.15.1This tracttract 064123Melbourne: 4.04.0Melbourneparent cityCounty: 3.93.9Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.14.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 39

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)

  • 475Total filings over 10 yrs
  • 5.27%Avg annual filing rate
  • 12.0%Peak (2003)
  • 22Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 120090641232002: 74 filings (11.72/100 renter HHs)2003: 76 filings (12.04/100 renter HHs)2004: 69 filings (10.93/100 renter HHs)2011: 60 filings (4.19/100 renter HHs)2012: 45 filings (3.14/100 renter HHs)2014: 36 filings (2.51/100 renter HHs)2015: 37 filings (2.58/100 renter HHs)2016: 31 filings (2.21/100 renter HHs)2017: 25 filings (1.78/100 renter HHs)2018: 22 filings (1.57/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 70% over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts

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Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Melbourne

The clearest offset is eviction-process difficulty at 1.3/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.1/10. Against the Brevard County average of 3.9, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points.

43% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Brevard County average of 48.9%. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 475 filings here across 10 tracked years.

At $1,702 a month, rents run 12% over what the rest of Melbourne commands. Filings peaked in 2003 at 12.0% of renter households. In a typical year about 5.3% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #31,049 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 12009064123

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12009064123?

Census tract 12009064123 in Melbourne scores 5.1/10 (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 12009064123?

Median gross rent is $1,702/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 12009064123?

17.1% of residents in tract 12009064123 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,498.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 12009064123?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 41th, household 33th, minority 53th, housing 40th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12009064123?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 475 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 12009064123 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.27% of renter households, peaking at 12.0% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

How does tract 12009064123 compare to Melbourne overall?

Tract 12009064123 scores 5.1/10, higher than the parent city of Melbourne at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Melbourne eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

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

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