Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #16,850 of 84,120 nationally
Stuart Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 12085001000 · Martin, FL · pop 6,656 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi
How risky is the Stuart area of Stuart for landlords? Census tract 12085001000 scores 5.3/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 50% of US census tracts.
About 58% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 35% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,587 monthly, set against $43,470 in average yearly household income, roughly 44% of income at the averages. Renters make up 67% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 39%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 33%
Tract context
Occupied units2,886
Renter share67.2%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate25.1%
Median income$43,470
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
95
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Stuart and the region
Centroid at 27.1746, -80.2419 · click any tract to drill in
Why Stuart scores 5.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Stuart
4.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.8
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
25.1% poverty · this tract
6.3
Supply constraint
$1,587 rent vs county FMR
4.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Stuart
8.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Stuart
8.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Stuart
7.6
How Stuart compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 94
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 81%Socioeconomic
- 77%Household composition
- 60%Racial/ethnic minority
- 100%Housing & transportation
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)
- 108Total filings over 2 yrs
- 3.33%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.4%Peak (2016)
- 36Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Stuart. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Stuart
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.3/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Stuart, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Martin County average of 4.0 and above the Florida statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 108 eviction filings here over 2 tracked years, with about 3.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.4% of renter households in 2016.
The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 94th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 12085001000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12085001000?
Census tract 12085001000 in the Stuart neighborhood scores 5.6/10 (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 12085001000?
Median gross rent is $1,587/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12085001000?
25.1% of residents in tract 12085001000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,656.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12085001000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 77th, minority 60th, housing 100th.
Q5
Is tract 12085001000 considered part of Stuart?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 12085001000 fall within Stuart (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12085001000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 108 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 12085001000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.33% of renter households, peaking at 4.4% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 12085001000 compare to Stuart overall?
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Stuart
Top eight tracts in Stuart ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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