6 census tracts · pop 25,103 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6/10
· range 6–6
Little Haiti spans 6 census tracts of Miami, FL and houses 25,103 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 6/10, placing it in the Elevated tier. Severe burden reaches 40%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears.
Cost burden runs 66% against 37.0% citywide, putting Little Haiti 29.0% over its own city. Annualized rent equals 47% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with.
83% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building two streets over. The poverty rate is 36%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. The clearest offset is supply constraint, at 1.1/10.
Average gross rent is $1,200, 32% below the Miami average of $1,758. Sitting well above the midpoint is economic stress at 8.8/10. Running cool is rent-regulation exposure, at 2/10.
Court records carry 1,657 eviction filings across its 6 observed tracts. The worst year on record was 2015, when filings touched 21.5% of renter households.
The most recent observed rate, 8.3% in 2016, is well off that peak. That places it #1 of 10 neighborhoods in Miami.
Social vulnerability runs high at 9.9/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
6
Elevated
6 tracts · population-weighted
Little Haiti vs MiamiHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority97%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport87%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Little Haiti
Aggregated across 6 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
1,657Total filings (sum)
11.86%Avg annual filing rate
21.5%Peak year (2015)
8.53%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
2,129Total filings 2020-21
5.1Avg monthly observed
5.8Pre-pandemic baseline
0.93×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Miami).
Frequently asked
About Little Haiti
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Little Haiti?
Little Haiti scores 6/10 (Elevated tier) across 6 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 Little Haiti compare to Miami overall?
Little Haiti scores 1.4 points higher than Miami overall (4.6/10). Renters spend 66% of income on rent vs 37% citywide. Average rent: $1,200 vs $1,758.
Q3
What is the average rent in Little Haiti?
Average gross rent in Little Haiti is $1,200/month (pop-weighted across 6 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Little Haiti residents are renters?
83% of Little Haiti households are renter-occupied (vs 69% in Miami). The neighborhood has 25,103 residents.
Q5
Is Little Haiti a high social-vulnerability area?
Little Haiti sits in the 99th 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 Little Haiti have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Little Haiti is census tract 12086001401 (score 6/10). Across the 6 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 6 to 6, a spread of 0 points.
Q7
How safe is Little Haiti for landlords?
Little Haiti carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6/10). Pop-weighted across 6 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 Little Haiti?
Little Haiti has 24,819 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (64.3%), Hispanic / Latino (31.1%), White (non-Hispanic) (2.7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
