Within neighborhood
32
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,926 of 84,120 nationally
Little Havana Eviction Risk: Moderate , Miami
Tract 12086006303 · Miami-Dade, FL · pop 3,421 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
The Little Havana area of Miami anchors census tract 12086006303, which lands at 5.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 43% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 62% of renter households, a severe level, and 33% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,001 a month against an average household income of $50,917 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 66% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 41%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 34%
Tract context
Occupied units1,723
Renter share66.3%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate18.4%
Median income$50,917
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
58
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
78
th percentile
High
Within state
87
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Miami and the region
Centroid at 25.7616, -80.2429 · click any tract to drill in
Why Little Havana scores 5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Miami
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
18.4% poverty · this tract
4.6
Supply constraint
$1,001 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Miami
2.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Miami
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Miami
5.0
How Little Havana compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 95
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 75%Socioeconomic
- 77%Household composition
- 96%Racial/ethnic minority
- 100%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 57%Grade C
- 32%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 96Total filings 2020-21
- 1.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.83×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
Within Little Havana. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Little Havana
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 6.5/10. 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 eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.83x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.
Part of this tract, about 32% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was C ("Declining"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 12086006303
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12086006303?
Census tract 12086006303 in the Little Havana neighborhood scores 5/10 (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 12086006303?
Median gross rent is $1,001/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12086006303?
18.4% of residents in tract 12086006303 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,421.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12086006303?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 77th, minority 96th, housing 100th.
Q5
Is tract 12086006303 considered part of Little Havana?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 12086006303 fall within Little Havana (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 12086006303 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.83× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Miami eviction risk), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 12086006303 compare to Miami overall?
Tract 12086006303 scores 5/10, higher than the parent city of Miami at 3.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Miami eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 12086006303 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 32% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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Highest-risk tracts in Miami
Top eight tracts in Miami ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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6.4
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.4
/ 10 · Elevated
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Little Haiti
6.4
/ 10 · Elevated
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Wynwood
6.3
/ 10 · Elevated
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Little Havana
6.3
/ 10 · Elevated
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Downtown Miami
6.3
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.3
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.3
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