Merritt Island Eviction Risk: Lower

Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. 16% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. That is riskier than roughly 40% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

At 18% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. The legal-climate inputs (statute speed, court posture, rent-regulation exposure) come from Merritt Island as a whole. Only the economic and supply signals are measured inside this tract. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.8/10.

Rent takes 30% or more of income for about half of renters. It tracks the Brevard County average of 3.9 closely. Average gross rent is $1,405, close to the Merritt Island average.

Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $77,538.

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