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All counties in Florida eviction risk overview
County index·67 counties tracked

All Counties in Florida, Eviction Risk 2026

67 counties covering 949 incorporated cities and 17,206,786 residents. Statewide average landlord risk score is 2.3/10 (Very Low), but county-level scores vary sharply, urban counties with strong tenant protections or high rent burdens routinely score several points above rural counties.

Counties tracked67administrative regions
State avg risk2.3/ 10 · Very Low
Cities in dataset949incorporated places
Total residents17.2Macross all counties
All 67 counties in Florida
Ranked by eviction risk · click any column to re-sort, or search to filter
County↕ Population↕ Risk↕ Lean↕ Renters↕ % income on rent↕ Avg rent↕ Poverty↕ Cities↕
01 Highlands County Pop 23,916 · 44% renters · 37% on rent · $995 · 3 cities 23,916 2.7 Rep 44.1% 36.6% $995 26.5% 3
02 DeSoto County Pop 15,262 · 42% renters · 35% on rent · $947 · 2 cities 15,262 2.7 Rep 41.5% 35.5% $947 27.8% 2
03 Osceola County Pop 260,569 · 45% renters · 32% on rent · $1,633 · 7 cities 260,569 2.5 Dem 44.8% 32.3% $1,633 12.3% 7
04 Broward County Pop 2.01M · 37% renters · 40% on rent · $1,998 · 38 cities 2.01M 2.5 Dem 36.7% 39.6% $1,998 12.5% 38
05 Bradford County Pop 7,273 · 32% renters · 40% on rent · $786 · 3 cities 7,273 2.5 Rep 32.1% 40.0% $786 26.5% 3
06 Putnam County Pop 17,848 · 31% renters · 42% on rent · $926 · 6 cities 17,848 2.5 Rep 31.2% 42.1% $926 30.7% 6
07 Glades County Pop 3,117 · 17% renters · 27% on rent · $954 · 2 cities 3,117 2.5 Rep 16.6% 27.1% $954 24.0% 2
08 Miami-Dade County Pop 2.49M · 40% renters · 39% on rent · $1,946 · 70 cities 2.49M 2.5 Dem 40.0% 39.2% $1,946 15.2% 70
09 Palm Beach County Pop 947,540 · 32% renters · 35% on rent · $1,895 · 55 cities 947,540 2.5 Dem 32.1% 35.1% $1,895 13.9% 55
10 St. Lucie County Pop 331,723 · 23% renters · 38% on rent · $1,406 · 10 cities 331,723 2.5 IND 22.5% 38.2% $1,406 15.2% 10
11 Jefferson County Pop 3,597 · 31% renters · 40% on rent · $873 · 6 cities 3,597 2.4 Rep 30.6% 39.6% $873 22.2% 6
12 Franklin County Pop 9,165 · 20% renters · 33% on rent · $986 · 4 cities 9,165 2.4 Rep 19.9% 32.8% $986 14.9% 4
13 Gadsden County Pop 15,243 · 46% renters · 33% on rent · $764 · 5 cities 15,243 2.4 Dem 45.8% 33.0% $764 35.5% 5
14 Alachua County Pop 176,131 · 33% renters · 37% on rent · $1,209 · 10 cities 176,131 2.4 Dem 32.5% 37.3% $1,209 20.0% 10
15 Orange County Pop 1.08M · 34% renters · 35% on rent · $1,801 · 46 cities 1.08M 2.4 Dem 34.3% 35.2% $1,801 12.5% 46
16 Manatee County Pop 199,440 · 27% renters · 38% on rent · $1,595 · 14 cities 199,440 2.4 Rep 26.9% 38.0% $1,595 13.1% 14
17 Leon County Pop 226,908 · 23% renters · 28% on rent · $1,145 · 7 cities 226,908 2.4 Dem 22.8% 28.4% $1,145 12.2% 7
18 Columbia County Pop 17,211 · 47% renters · 30% on rent · $988 · 4 cities 17,211 2.4 Rep 47.0% 30.4% $988 24.6% 4
19 Seminole County Pop 313,623 · 31% renters · 36% on rent · $1,776 · 14 cities 313,623 2.4 IND 31.5% 35.8% $1,776 9.0% 14
20 Citrus County Pop 105,388 · 15% renters · 32% on rent · $1,378 · 15 cities 105,388 2.3 Rep 15.2% 31.8% $1,378 14.7% 15
21 Escambia County Pop 239,372 · 42% renters · 32% on rent · $1,267 · 15 cities 239,372 2.3 Rep 41.7% 32.3% $1,267 17.4% 15
22 Marion County Pop 190,292 · 25% renters · 33% on rent · $1,262 · 17 cities 190,292 2.3 Rep 24.7% 33.1% $1,262 19.4% 17
23 Madison County Pop 5,452 · 38% renters · 44% on rent · $780 · 3 cities 5,452 2.3 Rep 38.2% 44.0% $780 36.0% 3
24 Hillsborough County Pop 1.44M · 33% renters · 34% on rent · $1,727 · 34 cities 1.44M 2.3 Dem 32.6% 34.1% $1,727 12.5% 34
25 Liberty County Pop 2,649 · 24% renters · 24% on rent · $916 · 4 cities 2,649 2.3 Rep 24.1% 24.0% $916 21.0% 4
26 Hernando County Pop 175,845 · 23% renters · 31% on rent · $1,299 · 20 cities 175,845 2.3 Rep 22.8% 31.3% $1,299 20.1% 20
27 Pinellas County Pop 854,374 · 24% renters · 35% on rent · $1,874 · 37 cities 854,374 2.3 IND 24.3% 35.0% $1,874 10.2% 37
28 Okeechobee County Pop 11,633 · 40% renters · 35% on rent · $1,342 · 3 cities 11,633 2.3 Rep 39.8% 35.0% $1,342 23.6% 3
29 Suwannee County Pop 7,935 · 52% renters · 25% on rent · $902 · 2 cities 7,935 2.3 Rep 51.9% 24.7% $902 16.8% 2
30 Walton County Pop 22,809 · 26% renters · 33% on rent · $1,498 · 4 cities 22,809 2.3 Rep 26.2% 32.9% $1,498 10.5% 4
31 Volusia County Pop 484,799 · 25% renters · 34% on rent · $1,470 · 24 cities 484,799 2.3 Rep 24.7% 34.3% $1,470 14.3% 24
32 Charlotte County Pop 112,994 · 23% renters · 37% on rent · $1,498 · 9 cities 112,994 2.3 Rep 22.9% 36.6% $1,498 11.0% 9
33 Monroe County Pop 73,358 · 31% renters · 37% on rent · $2,033 · 12 cities 73,358 2.3 Rep 31.4% 37.3% $2,033 10.2% 12
34 Hendry County Pop 29,503 · 30% renters · 35% on rent · $1,070 · 7 cities 29,503 2.3 Rep 29.8% 35.5% $1,070 16.5% 7
35 Brevard County Pop 543,132 · 26% renters · 39% on rent · $1,542 · 31 cities 543,132 2.3 Rep 26.0% 39.3% $1,542 11.4% 31
36 Hamilton County Pop 5,155 · 41% renters · 40% on rent · $768 · 3 cities 5,155 2.3 Rep 40.6% 40.3% $768 31.5% 3
37 Pasco County Pop 381,328 · 23% renters · 32% on rent · $1,404 · 33 cities 381,328 2.3 Rep 23.3% 32.1% $1,404 12.5% 33
38 Polk County Pop 514,217 · 28% renters · 34% on rent · $1,271 · 40 cities 514,217 2.2 Rep 27.8% 34.1% $1,271 16.7% 40
39 Lee County Pop 742,552 · 30% renters · 33% on rent · $1,716 · 39 cities 742,552 2.2 Rep 30.2% 33.4% $1,716 16.4% 39
40 Sarasota County Pop 357,819 · 23% renters · 35% on rent · $1,790 · 31 cities 357,819 2.2 Rep 22.6% 35.0% $1,790 9.0% 31
41 Union County Pop 18,009 · 27% renters · 33% on rent · $1,391 · 4 cities 18,009 2.2 Rep 27.3% 33.4% $1,391 15.9% 4
42 Sumter County Pop 113,208 · 23% renters · 41% on rent · $1,127 · 9 cities 113,208 2.2 Rep 23.1% 40.9% $1,127 13.0% 9
43 Flagler County Pop 108,947 · 32% renters · 35% on rent · $1,441 · 6 cities 108,947 2.2 Rep 32.1% 35.2% $1,441 8.4% 6
44 Martin County Pop 102,637 · 24% renters · 34% on rent · $1,978 · 15 cities 102,637 2.2 Rep 24.2% 34.4% $1,978 12.9% 15
45 Indian River County Pop 140,262 · 17% renters · 37% on rent · $1,677 · 16 cities 140,262 2.2 Rep 17.0% 36.9% $1,677 12.2% 16
46 Washington County Pop 5,356 · 37% renters · 25% on rent · $817 · 5 cities 5,356 2.2 Rep 37.2% 25.0% $817 21.2% 5
47 Lake County Pop 240,419 · 26% renters · 37% on rent · $1,558 · 29 cities 240,419 2.2 Rep 26.5% 37.4% $1,558 11.9% 29
48 St. Johns County Pop 162,868 · 21% renters · 35% on rent · $2,124 · 14 cities 162,868 2.2 Rep 21.1% 34.5% $2,124 8.9% 14
49 Duval County Pop 1.02M · 34% renters · 30% on rent · $1,556 · 5 cities 1.02M 2.2 IND 33.8% 29.7% $1,556 8.1% 5
50 Jackson County Pop 16,962 · 31% renters · 30% on rent · $881 · 11 cities 16,962 2.2 Rep 30.8% 30.1% $881 18.3% 11
51 Holmes County Pop 4,442 · 25% renters · 35% on rent · $773 · 5 cities 4,442 2.2 Rep 25.3% 34.9% $773 18.7% 5
52 Levy County Pop 19,654 · 28% renters · 29% on rent · $771 · 12 cities 19,654 2.2 Rep 27.6% 29.0% $771 22.3% 12
53 Bay County Pop 134,742 · 38% renters · 32% on rent · $1,571 · 14 cities 134,742 2.2 Rep 38.0% 31.9% $1,571 9.4% 14
54 Taylor County Pop 7,824 · 25% renters · 19% on rent · $997 · 2 cities 7,824 2.2 Rep 25.2% 19.5% $997 13.2% 2
55 Collier County Pop 154,672 · 21% renters · 38% on rent · $1,977 · 24 cities 154,672 2.1 Rep 21.5% 37.6% $1,977 8.7% 24
56 Wakulla County Pop 7,365 · 24% renters · 34% on rent · $1,138 · 4 cities 7,365 2.1 Rep 24.3% 34.3% $1,138 10.7% 4
57 Clay County Pop 156,115 · 33% renters · 30% on rent · $1,594 · 10 cities 156,115 2.1 Rep 32.6% 30.4% $1,594 9.7% 10
58 Okaloosa County Pop 137,714 · 42% renters · 31% on rent · $1,677 · 14 cities 137,714 2.1 Rep 42.3% 30.8% $1,677 8.2% 14
59 Nassau County Pop 39,353 · 26% renters · 34% on rent · $1,240 · 5 cities 39,353 2.1 Rep 25.6% 34.0% $1,240 15.4% 5
60 Hardee County Pop 11,109 · 33% renters · 36% on rent · $943 · 9 cities 11,109 2.1 Rep 33.2% 35.6% $943 23.4% 9
61 Calhoun County Pop 3,593 · 43% renters · 39% on rent · $765 · 2 cities 3,593 2.1 Rep 43.2% 38.8% $765 30.4% 2
62 Gulf County Pop 5,500 · 30% renters · 40% on rent · $1,129 · 2 cities 5,500 2.1 Rep 30.3% 39.9% $1,129 13.7% 2
63 Santa Rosa County Pop 136,895 · 22% renters · 28% on rent · $1,510 · 33 cities 136,895 2.0 Rep 21.7% 28.0% $1,510 12.5% 33
64 Baker County Pop 8,360 · 27% renters · 31% on rent · $1,192 · 2 cities 8,360 2.0 Rep 26.8% 31.2% $1,192 13.2% 2
65 Gilchrist County Pop 4,713 · 26% renters · 20% on rent · $1,219 · 4 cities 4,713 2.0 Rep 26.3% 19.6% $1,219 12.2% 4
66 Lafayette County Pop 1,494 · 33% renters · 27% on rent · $782 · 2 cities 1,494 2.0 Rep 33.2% 26.8% $782 11.1% 2
67 Dixie County Pop 2,033 · 17% renters · 24% on rent · $886 · 2 cities 2,033 1.9 Rep 17.3% 24.4% $886 14.8% 2

Understanding county eviction risk in Florida

Florida's 67 counties span eviction-risk scores from 1.9 in Dixie County to 2.7 in Highlands County , a 0.8-point gap that captures how unevenly rent burdens, renter populations, and local tenant politics are distributed across the state. The statewide average sits at 2.3/10 (Very Low), but that single figure hides far more than it reveals, the table above scores every county on the same 1–10 scale so you can see exactly where landlord exposure concentrates.

The counties carrying the most eviction risk, Highlands County, DeSoto County, Osceola County, are Florida's denser, higher-cost markets. In Madison County, renters spend an average of 44% of household income on rent, and 38% of its homes are renter-occupied, the cost pressure that pushes filings up and pulls tenant-protection ordinances into local politics. Larger metros also concentrate the legal-aid networks and renter-organizing capacity that lift a county's score above the rural baseline.

At the other end of the table, Dixie County, Lafayette County, Gilchrist County score lowest. These tend to be smaller, more rural counties where homeownership is the norm, rent-to-income ratios run lower, and local rent-control or just-cause ordinances are rare or state-preempted. Evictions still happen there, but the structural pressure that drives a high score (heavy rent burden, a large renter majority, organized tenant advocacy) is simply weaker.

Each county score is a population-weighted aggregate of every city scored inside it, so a county with one expensive urban core and a dozen quiet suburbs lands somewhere in between. Click any county row to drill into its cities ranked one by one, a zoomed heat map, and a full breakdown of rent burden, renter share, poverty rate, and political margin. For the statutes that apply statewide regardless of county, notice periods, security-deposit caps, just-cause and rent-control rules, see the Florida state overview.

Landlord guides for Florida

State-specific playbooks
Florida Eviction Costs →
Filing fees, attorney fees, lost rent, sheriff lockout
Florida Eviction Process →
Step-by-step timeline, notices, statute cites
Florida Rent Control →
Statewide caps, local ordinances, just-cause
Florida Tenant Screening →
Five-point protocol, legal rules, protected classes
Florida Tenant Protections →
Just cause, retaliation, habitability, entry

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