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Neighborhood · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally

Rockledge Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 12009063000 · Brevard, FL · pop 4,284 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

Census tract 12009063000 covers part of the Rockledge area of Rockledge, FL, and scores 3.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 47%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10% Stable renters 8% Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units1,757
Renter share18.8%
SVI overall0.34
Poverty rate6.2%
Median income$84,479

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Rockledge
Very High
Within parent city
40 th percentile
Rank, 40th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 6 tracts In Rockledge
Moderate
Within county
30 th percentile
Rank, 30th percentileLowHigh
#103 of 147 tracts In Brevard
Low
Within state
34 th percentile
Rank, 34th percentileLowHigh
#3,381 of 5,122 tracts In Florida
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Rockledge and the region

Centroid at 28.3145, -80.7514 · click any tract to drill in

Why Rockledge scores 3.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Rockledge
4.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.2
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
6.2% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,829 rent vs county FMR
6.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Rockledge
7.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Rockledge
4.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Rockledge
5.7

How Rockledge compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Rockledge risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.23.2This tracttract 063000Rockledge: 3.73.7Rockledgeparent cityCounty: 3.93.9Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.14.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 34

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)

  • 81Total filings over 10 yrs
  • 3.17%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.6%Peak (2011)
  • 9Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 120090630002002: 8 filings (5.90/100 renter HHs)2003: 3 filings (2.21/100 renter HHs)2004: 5 filings (3.69/100 renter HHs)2011: 15 filings (4.62/100 renter HHs)2012: 10 filings (3.08/100 renter HHs)2014: 4 filings (1.23/100 renter HHs)2015: 6 filings (1.85/100 renter HHs)2016: 13 filings (3.94/100 renter HHs)2017: 8 filings (2.42/100 renter HHs)2018: 9 filings (2.73/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Rockledge. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Rockledge

The clearest offset is eviction-process difficulty at 1.2/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.6/10. 55% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Brevard County average of 48.9%.

The filing record is not thin: 81 evictions over 10 years of observation. Against the Brevard County average of 3.9, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.7 points. The worst year on record was 2011, when 4.6% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 3.2% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 25th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. 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 4.1/10. Statewide the FL average is 4.1, so this tract runs 0.9 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 12009063000

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12009063000?

Census tract 12009063000 in the Rockledge neighborhood scores 3.2/10 (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 12009063000?

Median gross rent is $1,829/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 12009063000?

6.2% of residents in tract 12009063000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,284.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 12009063000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 34th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 60th, minority 52th, housing 10th.
Q5

Is tract 12009063000 considered part of Rockledge?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 12009063000 fall within Rockledge (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12009063000?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 81 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 12009063000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.17% of renter households, peaking at 4.6% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 12009063000 compare to Rockledge overall?

Tract 12009063000 scores 3.2/10, lower than the parent city of Rockledge at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Rockledge; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Rockledge

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

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