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

Fort Lauderdale Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 12011050800 · Broward, FL · pop 5,518 · 53% of tract blocks fall in Fort Lauderdale

Census tract 12011050800 covers part of Fort Lauderdale, FL, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 44%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24% Stable renters 17% Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units1,728
Renter share40.9%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate23.1%
Median income$59,745

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 50 tracts In Fort Lauderdale
Very High
Within county
79 th percentile
Rank, 79th percentileLowHigh
#90 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 26.1618, -80.1778 · 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
23.1% poverty · this tract
5.8
Supply constraint
$1,640 rent vs county FMR
1.9
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 0508004.0Fort Lauderdaleparent city4.3Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 98

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)

  • 294Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 15.52%Avg annual filing rate
  • 12.4%Peak (2016)
  • 97Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 12011050800
Filings climbed 33% over the past 4 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 201Total filings 2020-21
  • 3.5Avg monthly (observed)
  • 6.6Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.54×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2024-09-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). 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 main counterweight is state political climate at 1.5/10. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.

Set annual rent against average income of $59,745 and the ratio lands at 33%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.9/10.

The poverty rate is 23%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Against the Broward County average of 4.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. The filing record is not thin: 294 evictions over 4 years of observation.

At $1,640 a month, rents run 12% under what the rest of Fort Lauderdale commands. Filings peaked in 2016 at 12.4% of renter households.

In a typical year about 15.5% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.8/10.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 12011050800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12011050800?

Census tract 12011050800 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 12011050800?

Median gross rent is $1,640/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 12011050800?

23.1% of residents in tract 12011050800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,518.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 12011050800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 93th, minority 96th, housing 95th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12011050800?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 294 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 12011050800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 15.52% of renter households, peaking at 12.4% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 12011050800 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.54× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Fort Lauderdale eviction risk), 2020-2021.
Q7

How does tract 12011050800 compare to Fort Lauderdale overall?

Tract 12011050800 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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