Deerfield Beach Eviction Risk: Moderate

Annualized rent equals 46% of average household income of $40,508, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 9.2/10. This is renter territory: 91% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

The poverty rate is 34%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. On the high side, economic stress reads 8.6/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

It sits 1.6 points above the Broward County average of 4.3. Adults with no health insurance runs 24.2% against 11.3% nationally.

The filing record is not thin: 723 evictions over 4 years of observation. Average gross rent is $1,569, 12% below the Deerfield Beach average. The worst year on record was 2002, when 37.4% of renter households were served.

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.