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

Tallahassee Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 12073001901 · Leon, FL · pop 1,873 · 98% of tract blocks fall in Tallahassee

Tract 12073001901 sits in Tallahassee eviction risk, FL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.4/10. The severe-burden share is 45%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 38% Stable renters 24% Owners 38%
Tract context
Occupied units911
Renter share62.0%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate37.8%
Median income$25,486

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 67 tracts In Tallahassee
Very High
Within county
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#13 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 30.4179, -84.3105 · 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
37.8% poverty · this tract
9.5
Supply constraint
$811 rent vs county FMR
1.1
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 0019014.0Tallahasseeparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 87

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)

  • 1,443Total filings over 13 yrs
  • 16.13%Avg annual filing rate
  • 28.8%Peak (2007)
  • 97Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2006 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 12073001901
Filings dropped 45% 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 dominant input is economic stress at 9.5/10. Against Leon County at 46.4%, 61% of renters here are cost-burdened. At $811 a month, rents run 37% under what the rest of Tallahassee commands.

The poverty rate is 38%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Set annual rent against average income of $25,486 and the ratio lands at 38%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.1/10.

Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Against the Leon County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,443 filings here across 13 tracked years.

Filings peaked in 2007 at 28.8% of renter households. In a typical year about 16.1% 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 8.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 12073001901

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12073001901?

Census tract 12073001901 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 12073001901?

Median gross rent is $811/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 12073001901?

37.8% of residents in tract 12073001901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,873.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 12073001901?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 37th, minority 92th, housing 98th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12073001901?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,443 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 12073001901 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 16.13% of renter households, peaking at 28.8% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

How does tract 12073001901 compare to Tallahassee overall?

Tract 12073001901 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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