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Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally

Fort Lauderdale Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 12011042700 · Broward, FL · pop 5,460

With a score of 5.4/10, tract 12011042700 in Fort Lauderdale, FL reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,460. 37% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33% Stable renters 20% Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units2,156
Renter share52.8%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate35.0%
Median income$49,063

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 50 tracts In Fort Lauderdale
High
Within county
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#83 of 416 tracts In Broward
High
Within state
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#495 of 5,122 tracts In Florida
Very High
National
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#24,859 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Fort Lauderdale and the region

Centroid at 26.1102, -80.1641 · click any tract to drill in

Why Fort Lauderdale scores 5.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Fort Lauderdale
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.5
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
35.0% poverty · this tract
8.8
Supply constraint
$1,506 rent vs county FMR
1.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fort Lauderdale
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fort Lauderdale
5.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fort Lauderdale
4.0

How Fort Lauderdale compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Fort Lauderdale risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.4This tracttract 0427004.0Fort Lauderdaleparent city4.3Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 89

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)

  • 581Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 10.30%Avg annual filing rate
  • 12.6%Peak (2001)
  • 125Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 12011042700
Filings dropped 31% over the past 4 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 373Total filings 2020-21
  • 6.5Avg monthly (observed)
  • 9.1Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.72×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2024-09-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Fort Lauderdale as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Fort Lauderdale

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 8.8/10. The poverty rate is 35%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Annualized rent equals 37% of average household income of $49,063, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.3/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

At $1,506 a month, rents run 19% under what the rest of Fort Lauderdale commands. Against the Broward County average of 4.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points.

The filing record is not thin: 581 evictions over 4 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2001 at 12.6% of renter households. In a typical year about 10.3% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9/10.

Statewide the FL average is 4.1, so this tract runs 1.3 points hotter.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 12011042700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12011042700?

Census tract 12011042700 in Fort Lauderdale scores 5.4/10 (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 12011042700?

Median gross rent is $1,506/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 12011042700?

35.0% of residents in tract 12011042700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,460.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 12011042700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 87th, minority 69th, housing 79th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12011042700?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 581 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 12011042700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.30% of renter households, peaking at 12.6% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 12011042700 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.72× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Fort Lauderdale eviction risk), 2020-2021.
Q7

How does tract 12011042700 compare to Fort Lauderdale overall?

Tract 12011042700 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Fort Lauderdale at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fort Lauderdale eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Fort Lauderdale

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

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