Flagler County, Florida Eviction Risk: Very Low

Flagler County scores 2.2/10 (Low risk) on average across its 6 tracked cities, placing it at rank 54 of 67 Florida eviction laws counties, meaning 53 counties carry more eviction risk and only 13 are more landlord-friendly. For investors evaluating Florida eviction laws coastal markets, that position in the lower-risk third of the state translates to a market where tenant payment behavior, local court conditions, and demographic pressures are all relatively contained. Average rent runs $1,742 per month, and the county's poverty rate sits at a modest 9.7%, both indicators that the renter base here is more financially stable than in Florida's urban cores.

That said, the county-wide average of 2.2/10 covers an intra-county range from 1.7 to 2.6, a spread that matters. Landlords who make acquisition decisions based solely on the county headline number risk overlooking meaningful city-level variation. The average rent burden of 36.9% of income and a renter share of 18.9% of households paint a picture of a predominantly owner-occupied county with a smaller, but financially stretched, renter population.

The cities inside Flagler County

The highest-risk location in the county is Beverly Beach, the county seat, which scores 2.6/10, well above every other Flagler city. With a population of 3,682, Bunnell is a small market but one where landlords should apply sharper tenant screening and maintain tighter rent-collection protocols than the county average would suggest. Flagler Beach follows at 2.2/10 (population 5,373), a beach community where seasonal occupancy patterns and a tourism-inflected tenant mix can add volatility beyond what the score alone reflects.

At the other end, Seville scores 2.1/10, the lowest in the county, and Palm Coast, the dominant city by far with a population of 98,258, scores 1.8/10. Palm Coast eviction risk accounts for the overwhelming majority of Flagler County's rental inventory, so its low score anchors the county average. Beverly Beach and Marineland both score 2.6/10. The takeaway is that risk in Flagler County is genuinely hyper-local: Bunnell sits more than 1.4 points above Seville on the same 10-point scale, a difference that shows up in collection rates, vacancy, and eviction frequency.

State-level laws that apply here

Every landlord operating in Flagler County operates under Florida eviction laws's residential tenancy statute, Fla. Stat. § 83 Part II. For non-payment of rent, the required notice period is 3 days. Material lease violations give tenants either 7 days to cure or 7 days notice for non-curable breaches. Month-to-month tenancies require 15 days notice to terminate at lease end. Florida also adopted a 2024 law, Fla. Stat. § 82.036 (HB-621), allowing immediate removal of unauthorized occupants with no notice period required. Understanding the full Florida eviction process is essential because timelines vary significantly by whether a case is contested: uncontested cases resolve in 20 to 30 days, while contested matters can run 45 to 110 days.

On Florida eviction costs, landlords should budget for court filing fees of $185 to $400, sheriff lockout fees of $90 to $175, and attorney fees ranging from $750 to $3,500 depending on case complexity. Florida does not require just cause to terminate a tenancy, and state law preempts local rent control under FL Stat § 125.0103, except in a declared housing emergency, so no Flagler County municipality can impose rent caps independently. Source of income is not a protected class under Florida state law, giving landlords standard screening latitude.

With a 9.7% poverty rate and only 18.9% of households renting, Flagler County's renter pool is relatively small and somewhat more financially stressed than the ownership-heavy population overall; the city grid above breaks down each community's individual score so you can target acquisitions accordingly.