1 census tracts · pop 9,288 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10
· range 3–3
Highland Park maps to a single census tract in Westchase, FL and houses 9,288 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 3/10, in the Lower tier. The severe-burden share is 25%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
The clearest offset is eviction-process difficulty, at 1.5/10. Running cool is economic stress, at 1.8/10. Court records for this tract carry 270 eviction filings.
Running hot is tenant-organizing strength at 7.5/10. around a third of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, higher than the Westchase rate of 28.8%. Filing activity peaked in 2010 at 4.4% of renter households.
The most recent observed rate, 2.4% in 2016, is well off that peak. At $2,011 a month, rents sit 7% under what the rest of Westchase commands.
Among the 5 mapped neighborhoods of Westchase, it ranks #2 by risk, the middle third. For a like-for-like read, River Chase and Wellington Homes at Countryway score within a fraction of it.
Rent takes 18% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market. 43% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
One tract means one number: 3/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
3
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Highland Park vs WestchaseHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority63%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport47%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Highland Park
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
270Total filings (sum)
5.01%Avg annual filing rate
4.4%Peak year (2010)
2.41%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
299Total filings 2020-21
4.1Avg monthly observed
3.0Pre-pandemic baseline
1.35×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Tacoma, WA).
Frequently asked
About Highland Park
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Highland Park?
Highland Park scores 3/10 (Lower 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 Highland Park compare to Westchase overall?
Highland Park scores 1.0 points lower than Westchase overall (4/10). Renters spend 33% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $2,011 vs $2,174.
Q3
What is the average rent in Highland Park?
Average gross rent in Highland Park is $2,011/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Highland Park residents are renters?
43% of Highland Park households are renter-occupied (vs 36% in Westchase). The neighborhood has 9,288 residents.
Q5
Is Highland Park a high social-vulnerability area?
Highland Park sits in the 34th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less 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 Highland Park for landlords?
Highland Park carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3/10). 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 Westchase as a whole (4/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Highland Park?
Highland Park has 8,866 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (54.2%), Hispanic / Latino (23.8%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (13.4%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
