Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #15,522 of 84,120 nationally
Brownsville Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 12086001701 · Miami-Dade, FL · pop 4,719 · 74% of tract blocks fall in Brownsville
Here is how census tract 12086001701, in Brownsville in Miami-Dade County, looks to a landlord: a 6.1/10 eviction-risk score (Elevated tier) across a population of 4,719. That is riskier than about 78% of US census tracts.
58% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 35% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,237 a month against an average household income of $42,088 a year, roughly 35% of income at the averages. About 57% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 43%
Tract context
Occupied units1,724
Renter share56.9%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate26.2%
Median income$42,088
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
92
th percentile
Very High
Within state
96
th percentile
Very High
National
82
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Brownsville and the region
Centroid at 25.8224, -80.2519 · click any tract to drill in
Why Brownsville scores 5.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Brownsville
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
26.2% poverty · this tract
6.6
Supply constraint
$1,237 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Brownsville
8.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Brownsville
9.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Brownsville
8.8
How Brownsville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 95
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 100%Socioeconomic
- 21%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 98%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 21%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 243Total filings over 2 yrs
- 15.11%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.0%Peak (2015)
- 121Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 212Total filings 2020-21
- 2.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.95×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Miami as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Brownsville
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.7/10. 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 Brownsville, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Miami-Dade County average of 5.3 and above the Florida statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 21% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.95x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 12086001701
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12086001701?
Census tract 12086001701 in Brownsville scores 5.7/10 (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 12086001701?
Median gross rent is $1,237/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12086001701?
26.2% of residents in tract 12086001701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,719.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12086001701?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 100th, household 21th, minority 97th, housing 98th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12086001701?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 243 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 12086001701 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 15.11% of renter households, peaking at 15.0% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 12086001701 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.95× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Miami eviction risk), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 12086001701 compare to Brownsville overall?
Tract 12086001701 scores 5.7/10, higher than the parent city of Brownsville at 2.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Brownsville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 12086001701 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 21% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Brownsville
Top eight tracts in Brownsville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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