Within parent city
57
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally
Melbourne Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 12009064124 · Brevard, FL · pop 4,730
Census tract 12009064124 covers part of Melbourne, FL, and scores 5/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,730. The main counterweight is eviction-process difficulty at 1.3/10.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units1,976
Renter share27.4%
SVI overall0.56
Poverty rate15.0%
Median income$63,681
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
86
th percentile
High
Within state
80
th percentile
High
National
61
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Melbourne and the region
Centroid at 28.1672, -80.6603 · click any tract to drill in
Why Melbourne scores 5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
15.0% poverty · this tract
3.8
Supply constraint
$1,237 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 56
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 77%Socioeconomic
- 47%Household composition
- 23%Racial/ethnic minority
- 37%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)
- 254Total filings over 10 yrs
- 5.25%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.7%Peak (2016)
- 18Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
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 Melbourne
Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.1/10. 12% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
At $1,237 a month, rents run 19% under what the rest of Melbourne commands. Against the Brevard County average of 3.9, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 254 filings here across 10 tracked years.
Filings peaked in 2016 at 6.7% of renter households. In a typical year about 5.2% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 61% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.1/10. Statewide the FL average is 4.1, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 12009064124
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12009064124?
Census tract 12009064124 in Melbourne scores 5/10 (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 12009064124?
Median gross rent is $1,237/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12009064124?
15.0% of residents in tract 12009064124 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,730.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12009064124?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 47th, minority 23th, housing 37th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12009064124?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 254 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 12009064124 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.25% of renter households, peaking at 6.7% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 12009064124 compare to Melbourne overall?
Tract 12009064124 scores 5/10, 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.
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/ 10 · Moderate
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