Within parent city
25
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #80,791 of 84,120 nationally
Palm City Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 12085000604 · Martin, FL · pop 6,344
Here is how census tract 12085000604, in Palm City, looks to a landlord: a 3.4/10 eviction-risk score (Lower tier) across a population of 6,344. On the national scale it ranks #80,139 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 48% 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 household income is about $169,881 a year. Renters make up 6% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 94%
Tract context
Occupied units2,202
Renter share6.4%
SVI overall0.06
Poverty rate5.3%
Median income$169,881
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
5
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
3
th percentile
Very Low
National
4
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Palm City and the region
Centroid at 27.1445, -80.2764 · click any tract to drill in
Why Palm City scores 1.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Palm City
4.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.8
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
5.3% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Palm City
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Palm City
1.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Palm City
1.0
How Palm City compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 6
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 24%Socioeconomic
- 24%Household composition
- 31%Racial/ethnic minority
- 1%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)
- 3Total filings over 2 yrs
- 0.76%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.0%Peak (2016)
- 1Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Palm City
What moves this score most is supply constraint at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Palm City, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Martin County average of 4.0 and below the Florida statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 3 eviction filings here over 2 tracked years, with about 0.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 1.0% of renter households in 2016.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 6th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 12085000604
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12085000604?
Census tract 12085000604 in Palm City scores 1.3/10 (Lower 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 poverty rate in tract 12085000604?
5.3% of residents in tract 12085000604 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,344.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 12085000604?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 6th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 24th, household 24th, minority 31th, housing 1th.
Q4
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12085000604?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 3 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 12085000604 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.76% of renter households, peaking at 1.0% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q5
How does tract 12085000604 compare to Palm City overall?
Tract 12085000604 scores 1.3/10, lower than the parent city of Palm City at 2.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Palm City; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Palm City
Top eight tracts in Palm City ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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