Within parent city
73
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #29,578 of 84,120 nationally
Miami Gardens Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 12086010024 · Miami-Dade, FL · pop 4,480
Tract 12086010024, home to 4,480 residents in Miami Gardens, scores 4.9/10 for landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #53,876 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
67% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,468 monthly, set against $44,282 in average yearly household income, roughly 40% of income at the averages. About 60% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 40%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units1,722
Renter share60.2%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate16.7%
Median income$44,282
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
72
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
82
th percentile
High
National
65
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Miami Gardens and the region
Centroid at 25.9424, -80.2561 · click any tract to drill in
Why Miami Gardens scores 4.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
16.7% poverty · this tract
4.2
Supply constraint
$1,468 rent vs county FMR
1.3
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 98
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 96%Socioeconomic
- 100%Household composition
- 98%Racial/ethnic minority
- 64%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 298Total filings 2020-21
- 4.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.84×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 Miami Gardens
What moves this score most is housing court bias at 4.5/10. 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 Gardens eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Miami-Dade County average of 5.3 and in line with the Florida statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 98th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.84x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 12086010024
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12086010024?
Census tract 12086010024 in Miami Gardens scores 4.7/10 (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 12086010024?
Median gross rent is $1,468/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 67% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12086010024?
16.7% of residents in tract 12086010024 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,480.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12086010024?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 100th, minority 98th, housing 64th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 12086010024 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.84× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Miami eviction risk), 2020-2021.
Q6
How does tract 12086010024 compare to Miami Gardens overall?
Tract 12086010024 scores 4.7/10, higher than the parent city of Miami Gardens at 3.2/10. 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.
Tract · FL
12086000418
5.8
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · FL
12086010023
5.6
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · FL
12086010026
5.6
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · FL
12086009904
5.6
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · FL
12086009505
5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · FL
12086000402
5
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · FL
12086009506
4.9
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · FL
12086009811
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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