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Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally

Miami Gardens Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 12086000402 · Miami-Dade, FL · pop 4,315

Tract 12086000402 sits in Miami Gardens eviction risk, FL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.4/10. Population here is 4,315. 39% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 19% Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units1,270
Renter share39.2%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate21.1%
Median income$41,875

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 31 tracts In Miami Gardens
Very High
Within county
69 th percentile
Rank, 69th percentileLowHigh
#218 of 706 tracts In Miami-Dade
Elevated
Within state
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#495 of 5,122 tracts In Florida
Very High
National
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#24,859 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Miami Gardens and the region

Centroid at 25.9204, -80.2369 · click any tract to drill in

Why Miami Gardens scores 5.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Miami Gardens
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
21.1% poverty · this tract
5.3
Supply constraint
$2,051 rent vs county FMR
3.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Miami Gardens
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Miami Gardens
4.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Miami Gardens
4.5

How Miami Gardens compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Miami Gardens risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.45.4This tracttract 000402Miami Gardens: 4.04.0Miami Gardensparent cityCounty: 4.64.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.14.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 89

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 52Total filings over 2 yrs
  • 6.06%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.4%Peak (2016)
  • 28Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 300Total filings 2020-21
  • 4.1Avg monthly (observed)
  • 1.1Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 3.75×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-01-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline2020-01-01: 2 filings (1.71× baseline)2020-02-01: 2 filings (2.41× baseline)2020-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-07-01: 1 filings (0.75× baseline)2020-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-09-01: 2 filings (1.33× baseline)2020-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-01-01: 2 filings (1.71× baseline)2021-02-01: 2 filings (2.41× baseline)2021-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-04-01: 1 filings (0.85× baseline)2021-05-01: 1 filings (2.00× baseline)2021-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-08-01: 1 filings (0.75× baseline)2021-09-01: 1 filings (0.67× baseline)2021-10-01: 2 filings (2.41× baseline)2021-11-01: 1 filings (0.55× baseline)2021-12-01: 1 filings (1.49× baseline)2022-01-01: 1 filings (0.85× baseline)2022-02-01: 3 filings (3.61× baseline)2022-03-01: 2 filings (2.41× baseline)2022-04-01: 1 filings (0.85× baseline)2022-05-01: 1 filings (2.00× baseline)2022-06-01: 2 filings (1.50× baseline)2022-07-01: 1 filings (0.75× baseline)2022-08-01: 4 filings (3.01× baseline)2022-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-10-01: 2 filings (2.41× baseline)2022-11-01: 23 filings (12.57× baseline)2022-12-01: 25 filings (37.31× baseline)2023-01-01: 3 filings (2.56× baseline)2023-02-01: 6 filings (7.23× baseline)2023-03-01: 7 filings (8.43× baseline)2023-04-01: 9 filings (7.69× baseline)2023-05-01: 11 filings (22.00× baseline)2023-06-01: 6 filings (4.51× baseline)2023-07-01: 22 filings (16.54× baseline)2023-08-01: 13 filings (9.77× baseline)2023-09-01: 2 filings (1.33× baseline)2023-10-01: 6 filings (7.23× baseline)2023-11-01: 3 filings (1.64× baseline)2023-12-01: 12 filings (17.91× baseline)2024-01-01: 9 filings (7.69× baseline)2024-02-01: 8 filings (9.64× baseline)2024-03-01: 5 filings (6.02× baseline)2024-04-01: 5 filings (4.27× baseline)2024-05-01: 6 filings (12.00× baseline)2024-06-01: 4 filings (3.01× baseline)2024-07-01: 9 filings (6.77× baseline)2024-08-01: 7 filings (5.26× baseline)2024-09-01: 9 filings (6.00× baseline)2024-10-01: 2 filings (2.41× baseline)2024-11-01: 4 filings (2.19× baseline)2024-12-01: 1 filings (1.49× baseline)2025-01-01: 4 filings (3.42× baseline)2025-02-01: 11 filings (13.25× baseline)2025-03-01: 2 filings (2.41× baseline)2025-04-01: 7 filings (5.98× baseline)2025-05-01: 5 filings (10.00× baseline)2025-06-01: 6 filings (4.51× baseline)2025-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-08-01: 1 filings (0.75× baseline)2025-09-01: 1 filings (0.67× baseline)2025-10-01: 1 filings (1.20× baseline)2025-11-01: 9 filings (4.92× baseline)2025-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2026-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)

Pandemic filings ran above 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 Miami Gardens

Annualized rent equals 59% of average household income of $41,875, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Pulling hardest the other way is state political climate at 1.5/10. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.

Adults with no health insurance runs 25.4% against 11.3% nationally. The poverty rate is 21%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Cost burden runs roughly one in two here against 57.9% across Miami-Dade County. Court records carry 52 eviction filings across 2 observed years. At $2,051 a month, rents run 15% over what the rest of Miami Gardens commands.

It sits 0.8 points above the Miami-Dade County average of 4.6. The worst year on record was 2016, when 5.4% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 6.1% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. The legal-climate inputs (statute speed, court posture, rent-regulation exposure) come from Miami Gardens eviction risk as a whole. Only the economic and supply signals are measured inside this tract.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 12086000402

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12086000402?

Census tract 12086000402 in Miami Gardens scores 5.4/10 (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 12086000402?

Median gross rent is $2,051/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 12086000402?

21.1% of residents in tract 12086000402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,315.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 12086000402?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 69th, minority 97th, housing 62th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12086000402?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 52 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 12086000402 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.06% of renter households, peaking at 5.4% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 12086000402 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 3.75× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Miami eviction risk), 2020-2021.
Q7

How does tract 12086000402 compare to Miami Gardens overall?

Tract 12086000402 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Miami Gardens at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Miami Gardens eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Miami Gardens

Top eight tracts in Miami Gardens ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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