4 census tracts · pop 15,343 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5/10
· range 4.6–5.4
North Tampa Heights is a 4-tract neighborhood of Tampa, FL, population 15,343. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 5/10, in the Moderate tier. 39% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate.
Cost burden runs 66% against 33.5% citywide, putting North Tampa Heights 32.4% over its own city. Pulling the other way is supply constraint, at 1/10. Average gross rent is $1,124, 34% below the Tampa average of $1,701.
Annualized rent equals 34% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with. The poverty rate is 32%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. 72% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building two streets over.
On the softer side is eviction-process difficulty, at 1.8/10. Filings are well documented here: 4,311 across 4 observed tracts.
Running hot is economic stress at 7.5/10. The worst year on record was 2015, when filings touched 28.9% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 11.9% in 2016, is well off that peak.
That places it #23 of 70 neighborhoods in Tampa.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
5
Moderate
4 tracts · population-weighted
North Tampa Heights vs TampaHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority84%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport97%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in North Tampa Heights
Aggregated across 4 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
4,311Total filings (sum)
12.10%Avg annual filing rate
28.9%Peak year (2015)
11.35%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
2,060Total filings 2020-21
9.0Avg monthly observed
9.4Pre-pandemic baseline
0.83×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Tacoma, WA).
Frequently asked
About North Tampa Heights
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for North Tampa Heights?
North Tampa Heights scores 5/10 (Moderate tier) across 4 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 North Tampa Heights compare to Tampa overall?
North Tampa Heights scores 1.0 points higher than Tampa overall (4/10). Renters spend 66% of income on rent vs 34% citywide. Average rent: $1,124 vs $1,701.
Q3
What is the average rent in North Tampa Heights?
Average gross rent in North Tampa eviction risk Heights is $1,124/month (pop-weighted across 4 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of North Tampa Heights residents are renters?
72% of North Tampa Heights households are renter-occupied (vs 50% in Tampa). The neighborhood has 15,343 residents.
Q5
Is North Tampa Heights a high social-vulnerability area?
North Tampa Heights sits in the 97th 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
Which tracts in North Tampa Heights have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in North Tampa Heights is census tract 12057011206 (score 5.4/10). Across the 4 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 4.6 to 5.4, a spread of 0.8 points.
Q7
How safe is North Tampa Heights for landlords?
North Tampa eviction risk Heights carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5/10). Pop-weighted across 4 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.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of North Tampa Heights?
North Tampa Heights has 15,628 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (42.8%), Black (non-Hispanic) (30.5%), White (non-Hispanic) (21%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
