Ocala Eviction Risk: Moderate

On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. It sits 1.8 points above the Marion County average of 4.0.

Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.5/10. Average gross rent is $1,061, 22% below the Ocala average.

The poverty rate is 24%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Severe burden reaches 12%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Nationally it ranks #20,506 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Social vulnerability reads 9.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the FL average is 4.1, so this tract runs 1.7 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

Rent takes 30% or more of income for 48% of renters. Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $47,620.

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.