1 census tracts · pop 4,029 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4/10
· range 4–4
Terry Park is a one-tract neighborhood of Plant City, FL and houses 4,029 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 4/10, Moderate tier. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10.
Well under the midpoint is eviction-process difficulty, at 1/10. Running cool is supply constraint, at 2/10. Severe burden reaches 12%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears.
Against a Plant City baseline of 33.1%, 28% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line. The filing record is not thin: 478 evictions logged in this tract. The poverty rate is 17%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest.
The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 11.4% of renter households. Among the 11 mapped neighborhoods of Plant City, it ranks #7 by risk, the middle third. Judgments average 7.7% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
Social vulnerability runs high at 8.5/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input. Average gross rent runs $1,384, close to the Plant City average. Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $71,786.
39% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
One tract means one number: 4/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
4
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Terry Park vs Plant CityHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority65%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport77%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Terry Park
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
478Total filings (sum)
16.21%Avg annual filing rate
11.4%Peak year (2016)
11.42%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
252Total filings 2020-21
3.5Avg monthly observed
4.9Pre-pandemic baseline
0.70×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Tacoma, WA).
Frequently asked
About Terry Park
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Terry Park?
Terry Park scores 4/10 (Moderate tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Terry Park compare to Plant City overall?
Terry Park scores 0.6 points higher than Plant City overall (3.4/10). Renters spend 28% of income on rent vs 33% citywide. Average rent: $1,384 vs $1,409.
Q3
What is the average rent in Terry Park?
Average gross rent in Terry Park is $1,384/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Terry Park residents are renters?
39% of Terry Park households are renter-occupied (vs 34% in Plant City). The neighborhood has 4,029 residents.
Q5
Is Terry Park a high social-vulnerability area?
Terry Park sits in the 84th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Terry Park for landlords?
Terry Park carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Plant City as a whole (3.4/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Terry Park?
Terry Park has 3,956 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (56.4%), Hispanic / Latino (37.6%), Black (non-Hispanic) (4.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
