26 census tracts · pop 90,655 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.5/10
· range 3.9–6
Little Havana is a 26-tract neighborhood of Miami, FL and houses 90,655 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 5.5/10, Moderate tier. Against a Miami baseline of 37.0%, 60% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
The severe-burden share is 34%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. Set annual rent against average household income of $49,080 and the ratio lands at 36%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Pulling the other way is supply constraint, at 1.6/10.
70% 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 26 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 3.9 to 6, a 2.1-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address.
Running cool 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.
Average gross rent is $1,461, 17% below the Miami average of $1,758. Filings are well documented here: 1,696 across 20 observed tracts. Filing activity peaked in 2016 at 7.1% of renter households.
On the softer side is eviction-process difficulty, at 3/10. That places it #4 of 10 neighborhoods in Miami.
Judgments average 1.8% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. The closest comparables inside the same city are Design District and Wynwood.
For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 5.5 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
5.5
Moderate
26 tracts · population-weighted
Little Havana vs MiamiHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority95%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport84%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Little Havana
Aggregated across 20 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
1,696Total filings (sum)
3.87%Avg annual filing rate
7.1%Peak year (2016)
3.00%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
3,196Total filings 2020-21
1.9Avg monthly observed
1.7Pre-pandemic baseline
1.19×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Miami).
Frequently asked
About Little Havana
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Little Havana?
Little Havana scores 5.5/10 (Moderate tier) across 26 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 Havana compare to Miami overall?
Little Havana scores 0.9 points higher than Miami overall (4.6/10). Renters spend 60% of income on rent vs 37% citywide. Average rent: $1,461 vs $1,758.
Q3
What is the average rent in Little Havana?
Average gross rent in Little Havana is $1,461/month (pop-weighted across 26 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Little Havana residents are renters?
70% of Little Havana households are renter-occupied (vs 69% in Miami). The neighborhood has 90,655 residents.
Q5
Is Little Havana a high social-vulnerability area?
Little Havana sits in the 91st 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 Havana have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Little Havana is census tract 12086005102 (score 6/10). Across the 26 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.9 to 6, a spread of 2.1 points.
Q7
How safe is Little Havana for landlords?
Little Havana carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.5/10). Pop-weighted across 26 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 Havana?
Little Havana has 91,319 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (91.5%), White (non-Hispanic) (5.6%), Black (non-Hispanic) (1.8%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
