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Neighborhood · Miami, FL

Design District Eviction Risk: Moderate

2 census tracts · pop 8,327 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.6/10 · range 5–6

Design District takes in 2 census tracts of Miami, FL and houses 8,327 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 5.6/10, in the Moderate tier. 61% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, far above the Miami rate of 37.0%.

32% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. Annualized rent equals 38% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with.

The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure, at 2/10. The poverty rate is 22%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

The 2 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 5 to 6, a 1-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address. Running cool is supply constraint, at 2.6/10.

Court records carry 402 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts. Filing activity peaked in 2016 at 12.7% of renter households. On the softer side is eviction-process difficulty, at 3/10.

That places it #3 of 10 neighborhoods in Miami. Judgments average 5.2% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. The closest comparables inside the same city are Little Havana and Little Haiti.

Social vulnerability runs high at 8.9/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.

For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 5.6 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
5.6
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Design District vs Miami How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
61.1% +65%
Miami: 37.0%
Average gross rent
$1,775 +1%
Miami: $1,758
Average HH income
$56,010 -6%
Miami: $59,390
Poverty rate
21.8% +14%
Miami: 19.2%
Renter share
54.1% -22%
Miami: 69.2%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Design District and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 2 tracts span score 5–6

Why Design District scores 5.6

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 1.5–1.5 across tracts
1.5
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 5.4–5.4 across tracts
5.4
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 6.5–6.5 across tracts
6.5
Rent control risk
61% of income on rent · Range 2.0–2.0 across tracts
2.0
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 3.0–3.0 across tracts
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
54% renter households · Range 6.5–6.5 across tracts
6.5
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 5.0–5.0 across tracts
5.0
Economic stress
21.8% below poverty line · Range 4.3–6.1 across tracts
5.5
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 2.0–3.7 across tracts
2.6
Risk score comparison

Design District vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Design District score vs. parent city, state, U.S.5.6Design DistrictNeighborhood4.6Parent cityhost city3.9Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

2 tracts in Design District

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
12086002202 6 5,332 56% $1,639
12086002201 5 2,995 70% $2,018
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 88

Pop-weighted across 2 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 93%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 58%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 91%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 75%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Design District

Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 402Total filings (sum)
  • 11.79%Avg annual filing rate
  • 12.7%Peak year (2016)
  • 11.51%Latest filed (2016)

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 617Total filings 2020-21
  • 3.9Avg monthly observed
  • 4.5Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.98×Ratio to baseline

Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Miami).

Frequently asked

About Design District

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Design District?

Design District scores 5.6/10 (Moderate tier) across 2 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2

How does Design District compare to Miami overall?

Design District scores 1.0 points higher than Miami overall (4.6/10). Renters spend 61% of income on rent vs 37% citywide. Average rent: $1,775 vs $1,758.
Q3

What is the average rent in Design District?

Average gross rent in Design District is $1,775/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Design District residents are renters?

54% of Design District households are renter-occupied (vs 69% in Miami). The neighborhood has 8,327 residents.
Q5

Is Design District a high social-vulnerability area?

Design District sits in the 88th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

Which tracts in Design District have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Design District is census tract 12086002202 (score 6/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5 to 6, a spread of 1 points.
Q7

How safe is Design District for landlords?

Design District carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.6/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Miami as a whole (4.6/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Design District?

Design District has 8,413 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (56.8%), Hispanic / Latino (31%), White (non-Hispanic) (8.8%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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