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

Tallahassee Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 12073001902 · Leon, FL · pop 4,121 · 72% of tract blocks fall in Tallahassee

Census tract 12073001902 covers part of Tallahassee, FL, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,121 residents. 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 28% Stable renters 33% Owners 39%
Tract context
Occupied units1,777
Renter share61.6%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate29.0%
Median income$52,083

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#16 of 67 tracts In Tallahassee
High
Within county
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#14 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 30.4133, -84.3375 · 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
29.0% poverty · this tract
7.3
Supply constraint
$1,111 rent vs county FMR
3.4
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 0019024.0Tallahasseeparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 83

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)

  • 997Total filings over 13 yrs
  • 6.86%Avg annual filing rate
  • 12.5%Peak (2016)
  • 51Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2006 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 12073001902
Filings dropped 34% 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. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.

The poverty rate is 29%, 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. Running hot, economic stress reads 7.3/10.

Adults with no health insurance runs 19.9% against 11.3% nationally. Court records carry 997 eviction filings across 13 observed years. Average gross rent is $1,111, 14% below the Tallahassee average.

The worst year on record was 2016, when 12.5% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 6.9% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.5/10.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 12073001902

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12073001902?

Census tract 12073001902 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 12073001902?

Median gross rent is $1,111/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 12073001902?

29.0% of residents in tract 12073001902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,121.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 12073001902?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 49th, minority 85th, housing 82th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12073001902?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 997 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 12073001902 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.86% of renter households, peaking at 12.5% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

How does tract 12073001902 compare to Tallahassee overall?

Tract 12073001902 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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