Within parent city
11
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Merritt Island Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 12009069100 · Brevard, FL · pop 4,638
Tract 12009069100 sits in Merritt Island, FL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. Population here is 4,638. At $2,335 a month, rents run 62% over what the rest of Merritt Island commands.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 93%
Tract context
Occupied units1,758
Renter share6.9%
SVI overall0.10
Poverty rate5.3%
Median income$105,000
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
14
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
28
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Merritt Island and the region
Centroid at 28.3927, -80.6828 · click any tract to drill in
Why Merritt Island scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Merritt Island
4.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.2
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
5.3% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$2,335 rent vs county FMR
9.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Merritt Island
6.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Merritt Island
4.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Merritt Island
5.4
How Merritt Island compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 10
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 26%Socioeconomic
- 39%Household composition
- 22%Racial/ethnic minority
- 3%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)
- 38Total filings over 10 yrs
- 2.91%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.3%Peak (2017)
- 5Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 67% over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Merritt Island
The voucher gap is 42.8%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. The dominant input is supply constraint at 9.3/10.
Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.2/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.3/10. Severe burden reaches 13%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
It sits 0.9 points below the Brevard County average of 3.9. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 38 filings here across 10 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2017, when 8.3% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 2.9% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Only 7% 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.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 12009069100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12009069100?
Census tract 12009069100 in Merritt Island scores 3/10 (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 12009069100?
Median gross rent is $2,335/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12009069100?
5.3% of residents in tract 12009069100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,638.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12009069100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 26th, household 39th, minority 22th, housing 3th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12009069100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 38 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 12009069100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.91% of renter households, peaking at 8.3% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 12009069100 compare to Merritt Island overall?
Tract 12009069100 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Merritt Island at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Merritt Island; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Merritt Island
Top eight tracts in Merritt Island ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · FL
12009069700
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · FL
12009071602
4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · FL
12009069907
3.9
/ 10 · Low
Tract · FL
River Ridge
3.5
/ 10 · Low
Tract · FL
12009069802
3.4
/ 10 · Low
Tract · FL
12009069200
3.2
/ 10 · Low
Tract · FL
12009069300
3.1
/ 10 · Low
Tract · FL
12009069400
3
/ 10 · Low
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