Within neighborhood
20
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #41,065 of 84,120 nationally
South Beach Eviction Risk: Moderate , Miami Beach
Tract 12086004500 · Miami-Dade, FL · pop 4,156 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 12086004500 (the South Beach neighborhood of Miami Beach, Florida) comes in at 5.6/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 62% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 53% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 29% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,240 monthly, set against $87,115 in average yearly household income, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 56% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 44%
Tract context
Occupied units2,098
Renter share55.7%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate15.2%
Median income$87,115
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
39
th percentile
Low
Within county
52
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
68
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Miami Beach and the region
Centroid at 25.7577, -80.1414 · click any tract to drill in
Why South Beach scores 4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Miami Beach
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
15.2% poverty · this tract
3.8
Supply constraint
$1,240 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Miami Beach
8.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Miami Beach
9.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Miami Beach
7.6
How South Beach compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 69
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 50%Socioeconomic
- 56%Household composition
- 63%Racial/ethnic minority
- 85%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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
- 6%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 25Total filings over 2 yrs
- 1.04%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.1%Peak (2015)
- 11Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 41Total filings 2020-21
- 0.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.89×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
Within South Beach. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in South Beach
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.6/10. 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 Miami Beach eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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.
The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 69th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 25 eviction filings here over 2 tracked years, with about 1.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 1.1% of renter households in 2015.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 12086004500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12086004500?
Census tract 12086004500 in the South Beach neighborhood scores 4/10 (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 12086004500?
Median gross rent is $1,240/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12086004500?
15.2% of residents in tract 12086004500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,156.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12086004500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 50th, household 56th, minority 63th, housing 85th.
Q5
Is tract 12086004500 considered part of South Beach?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 12086004500 fall within South Beach (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12086004500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 25 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 12086004500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.04% of renter households, peaking at 1.1% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 12086004500 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.89× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Miami eviction risk), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 12086004500 compare to Miami Beach overall?
Tract 12086004500 scores 4/10, higher than the parent city of Miami Beach at 2.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Miami Beach eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 12086004500 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% 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.
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5.8
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.5
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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12086004103
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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