1 census tracts · pop 1,475 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.5/10
· range 4.5–4.5
Mathews Place maps to a single census tract in Tampa, FL and houses 1,475 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 4.5/10, placing it in the Moderate tier. Severe burden reaches 28%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears.
Average gross rent is $2,226, 31% above the Tampa average of $1,701. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure, at 1.5/10. The poverty rate is 21%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest.
Court records for this tract carry 190 eviction filings. Running cool is eviction-process difficulty, at 3/10.
The voucher gap is 12.5%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. 37% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, marginally above the Tampa rate of 33.5%. The worst year on record was 2003, when filings touched 16.5% of renter households.
The most recent observed rate, 6.2% in 2016, is well off that peak. That places it #34 of 70 neighborhoods in Tampa. The closest comparables inside the same city are Arrawana Park and Armenia Heights.
Social vulnerability runs high at 8.6/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 4.5/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Mathews Place vs TampaHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority73%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport79%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Mathews Place
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
190Total filings (sum)
10.74%Avg annual filing rate
16.5%Peak year (2003)
6.20%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
52Total filings 2020-21
0.7Avg monthly observed
1.1Pre-pandemic baseline
0.65×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Tacoma, WA).
Frequently asked
About Mathews Place
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Mathews Place?
Mathews Place scores 4.5/10 (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 Mathews Place compare to Tampa overall?
Mathews Place scores 0.5 points higher than Tampa overall (4/10). Renters spend 37% of income on rent vs 34% citywide. Average rent: $2,226 vs $1,701.
Q3
What is the average rent in Mathews Place?
Average gross rent in Mathews Place is $2,226/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Mathews Place residents are renters?
52% of Mathews Place households are renter-occupied (vs 50% in Tampa). The neighborhood has 1,475 residents.
Q5
Is Mathews Place a high social-vulnerability area?
Mathews Place sits in the 85th 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 Mathews Place for landlords?
Mathews Place carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.5/10). 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 Mathews Place?
Mathews Place has 1,629 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (36.8%), Hispanic / Latino (29.4%), Black (non-Hispanic) (25.8%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
