Palm Coast Eviction Risk: Lower

Against Flagler County at 54.4%, 76% of renters here are cost-burdened. Pulling hardest the other way is eviction-process difficulty at 1.1/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.4/10. The voucher gap is 21.9%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. At $2,063 a month, rents run 16% over what the rest of Palm Coast commands.

Nationally it ranks #52,479 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 18% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.7/10. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Flagler County average of 3.9 closely.

Annual rent works out to 32% of average household income of $78,220.

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