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Neighborhood · Tampa, FL

Florida Avenue Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate

1 census tracts · pop 3,223 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.4/10 · range 5.4–5.4

Florida Avenue Heights maps to a single census tract in Tampa, FL, population 3,223. The Eviction Risk Score is 5.4/10, in the Moderate tier. 62% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, well clear of the Tampa rate of 33.5%.

Annualized rent equals 38% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure, at 1.5/10.

The poverty rate is 23%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. Severe burden reaches 15%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears.

Court records for this tract carry 393 eviction filings. On the softer side is eviction-process difficulty, at 3/10.

The worst year on record was 2000, when filings touched 18.2% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 5.0% in 2016, is well off that peak.

Among the 70 mapped neighborhoods of Tampa, it ranks #1 by risk, the upper third. For a like-for-like read, Oakridge and Miranda score within a fraction of it.

Social vulnerability runs high at 8.2/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input. Average gross rent runs $1,660, close to the Tampa average. 36% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

One tract means one number: 5.4/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Florida Avenue Heights vs Tampa How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
61.6% +84%
Tampa: 33.5%
Average gross rent
$1,660 -2%
Tampa: $1,701
Average HH income
$51,937 -27%
Tampa: $71,302
Poverty rate
22.6% +42%
Tampa: 15.9%
Renter share
36.1% -27%
Tampa: 49.7%
Peer neighborhoods

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Geographic context

Risk heat across Florida Avenue Heights and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 5.4–5.4

Why Florida Avenue Heights scores 5.4

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 1.5–1.5 across tracts
1.5
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 5.3–5.3 across tracts
5.3
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 4.5–4.5 across tracts
4.5
Rent control risk
62% of income on rent · Range 1.5–1.5 across tracts
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 3.0–3.0 across tracts
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
36% renter households · Range 4.0–4.0 across tracts
4.0
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 3.5–3.5 across tracts
3.5
Economic stress
22.6% below poverty line · Range 5.6–5.6 across tracts
5.6
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 3.4–3.4 across tracts
3.4
Risk score comparison

Florida Avenue Heights vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Florida Avenue Heights score vs. parent city, state, U.S.5.4Florida Avenue HeiNeighborhood4.0Parent cityhost city3.9Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

1 tracts in Florida Avenue Heights

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
12057001200 5.4 3,223 62% $1,660
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 80

Pop-weighted across 1 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 69%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 98%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 74%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 42%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Florida Avenue Heights

Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 393Total filings (sum)
  • 6.39%Avg annual filing rate
  • 18.2%Peak year (2000)
  • 5.03%Latest filed (2016)

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 124Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.7Avg monthly observed
  • 2.9Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.59×Ratio to baseline

Pandemic filings ran far below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Tacoma, WA).

Frequently asked

About Florida Avenue Heights

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Florida Avenue Heights?

Florida Avenue Heights scores 5.4/10 (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 Florida Avenue Heights compare to Tampa overall?

Florida Avenue Heights scores 1.4 points higher than Tampa overall (4/10). Renters spend 62% of income on rent vs 34% citywide. Average rent: $1,660 vs $1,701.
Q3

What is the average rent in Florida Avenue Heights?

Average gross rent in Florida eviction laws Avenue Heights is $1,660/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Florida Avenue Heights residents are renters?

36% of Florida Avenue Heights households are renter-occupied (vs 50% in Tampa). The neighborhood has 3,223 residents.
Q5

Is Florida Avenue Heights a high social-vulnerability area?

Florida Avenue Heights sits in the 80th 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 Florida Avenue Heights for landlords?

Florida eviction laws Avenue Heights carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.4/10). 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 Tampa as a whole (4/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q7

What is the demographic breakdown of Florida Avenue Heights?

Florida Avenue Heights has 3,077 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (37.6%), Black (non-Hispanic) (29.3%), Hispanic / Latino (26.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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