Within parent city
75
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Palm City Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 12085000606 · Martin, FL · pop 7,091
With a score of 3/10, tract 12085000606 in Palm City, FL reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 35%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 93%
Tract context
Occupied units2,669
Renter share7.2%
SVI overall0.13
Poverty rate4.4%
Median income$136,204
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
15
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
28
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Palm City and the region
Centroid at 27.1906, -80.3041 · click any tract to drill in
Why Palm City scores 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
4.4% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$2,093 rent vs county FMR
7.9
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: 13
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 12%Socioeconomic
- 23%Household composition
- 32%Racial/ethnic minority
- 24%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)
- 16Total filings over 2 yrs
- 2.78%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.8%Peak (2016)
- 5Filings 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
Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Running cool, housing-court posture reads 1/10.
The voucher gap is 28.9%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.1/10.
Court records carry 16 eviction filings across 2 observed years. Against the Martin County average of 3.8, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points.
Filings peaked in 2016 at 3.8% of renter households. In a typical year about 2.8% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Only 7% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.2/10. Statewide the FL average is 4.1, so this tract runs 1.1 points cooler.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 12085000606
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12085000606?
Census tract 12085000606 in Palm City scores 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 average rent in tract 12085000606?
Median gross rent is $2,093/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12085000606?
4.4% of residents in tract 12085000606 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,091.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12085000606?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 13th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 12th, household 23th, minority 32th, housing 24th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12085000606?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 16 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 12085000606 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.78% of renter households, peaking at 3.8% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 12085000606 compare to Palm City overall?
Tract 12085000606 scores 3/10, right in line with the parent city of Palm City at 3.2/10. 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.
Related