Within neighborhood
29
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
College Town Eviction Risk: Moderate , Tallahassee
Tract 12073002005 · Leon, FL · pop 3,459 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
12073002005 is a census tract in the College Town area of Tallahassee, FL. It scores 5.4/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,459. Severe burden reaches 60%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 82%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 0%
Tract context
Occupied units1,397
Renter share100.0%
SVI overall0.43
Poverty rate61.4%
Median income$24,761
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
96
th percentile
Very High
Within county
71
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
90
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Tallahassee and the region
Centroid at 30.4443, -84.3138 · click any tract to drill in
Why College Town scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Tallahassee
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.4
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
61.4% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,363 rent vs county FMR
5.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Tallahassee
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Tallahassee
5.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Tallahassee
3.5
How College Town compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 43
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 78%Socioeconomic
- 0%Household composition
- 60%Racial/ethnic minority
- 84%Housing & transportation
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 880Total filings over 13 yrs
- 5.67%Avg annual filing rate
- 13.1%Peak (2006)
- 33Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 76% over the past 13 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within College Town. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in College Town
Cost burden runs 82% here against 46.4% across Leon County. Set annual rent against average income of $24,761 and the ratio lands at 66%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10.
The poverty rate is 61%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. This is renter territory: 100% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.
Against the Leon County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points. Court records carry 880 eviction filings across 13 observed years. Filings peaked in 2006 at 13.1% of renter households.
In a typical year about 5.7% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 70% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Social vulnerability reads 4.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 12073002005
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12073002005?
Census tract 12073002005 in the College Town neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 12073002005?
Median gross rent is $1,363/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 82% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12073002005?
61.4% of residents in tract 12073002005 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,459.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12073002005?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 43th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 0th, minority 60th, housing 84th.
Q5
Is tract 12073002005 considered part of College Town?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 12073002005 fall within College Town (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12073002005?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 880 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 12073002005 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.67% of renter households, peaking at 13.1% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 12073002005 compare to Tallahassee overall?
Tract 12073002005 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Tallahassee at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Tallahassee eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Tallahassee
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5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.4
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