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

Tallahassee Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 12073001801 · Leon, FL · pop 4,719 · 48% of tract blocks fall in Tallahassee

12073001801 is a census tract in Tallahassee, FL. It scores 5.4/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,719 residents. The main counterweight is state political climate at 1.5/10.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10% Stable renters 18% Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units1,514
Renter share27.2%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate23.7%
Median income$46,402

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
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 79 tracts In Leon
Very 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 30.3885, -84.2961 · 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
23.7% poverty · this tract
5.9
Supply constraint
$878 rent vs county FMR
1.6
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 0018014.0Tallahasseeparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 91

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)

  • 916Total filings over 13 yrs
  • 12.97%Avg annual filing rate
  • 22.9%Peak (2008)
  • 55Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2006 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 12073001801
Filings dropped 49% 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

Average gross rent is $878, 32% below the Tallahassee average. Against Leon County at 46.4%, 35% of renters here are cost-burdened. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.

Severe burden reaches 20%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.6/10. The poverty rate is 24%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Against the Leon County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points. The filing record is not thin: 916 evictions over 13 years of observation.

Adults with no health insurance runs 18.4% against 11.3% nationally. Filings peaked in 2008 at 22.9% of renter households. In a typical year about 13.0% of renter households face a filing.

That is riskier than roughly 70% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.2/10.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 12073001801

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12073001801?

Census tract 12073001801 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 12073001801?

Median gross rent is $878/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 12073001801?

23.7% of residents in tract 12073001801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,719.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 12073001801?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 85th, minority 85th, housing 78th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12073001801?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 916 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 12073001801 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.97% of renter households, peaking at 22.9% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

How does tract 12073001801 compare to Tallahassee overall?

Tract 12073001801 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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