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Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally

Tallahassee Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 12073001500 · Leon, FL · pop 4,636

With a score of 5.4/10, tract 12073001500 in Tallahassee, FL reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,636. Severe burden reaches 31%. 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 31% Stable renters 27% Owners 42%
Tract context
Occupied units1,959
Renter share58.2%
SVI overall0.67
Poverty rate26.0%
Median income$55,747

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
79 th percentile
Rank, 79th percentileLowHigh
#15 of 67 tracts In Tallahassee
High
Within county
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#11 of 79 tracts In Leon
High
Within state
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#495 of 5,122 tracts In Florida
Very High
National
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#24,859 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Tallahassee and the region

Centroid at 30.4709, -84.2976 · click any tract to drill in

Why Tallahassee scores 5.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
26.0% poverty · this tract
6.5
Supply constraint
$1,234 rent vs county FMR
4.3
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 Tallahassee compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Tallahassee risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.4This tracttract 0015004.0Tallahasseeparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 67

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 1,369Total filings over 13 yrs
  • 9.85%Avg annual filing rate
  • 14.7%Peak (2017)
  • 117Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2006 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 12073001500
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 13 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Tallahassee

The clearest offset is state political climate at 1.5/10. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. The poverty rate is 26%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Against the Leon County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points. 53% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Leon County average of 46.4%. Court records carry 1,369 eviction filings across 13 observed years.

Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 3/10. The worst year on record was 2017, when 14.7% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 9.8% of renter households face a filing.

That is riskier than roughly 70% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the FL average is 4.1, so this tract runs 1.3 points hotter.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 12073001500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12073001500?

Census tract 12073001500 in Tallahassee 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 12073001500?

Median gross rent is $1,234/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 12073001500?

26.0% of residents in tract 12073001500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,636.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 12073001500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 61th, minority 64th, housing 77th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12073001500?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,369 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 12073001500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.85% of renter households, peaking at 14.7% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

How does tract 12073001500 compare to Tallahassee overall?

Tract 12073001500 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

Top eight tracts in Tallahassee ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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