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Little Havana Eviction Risk: Lower , Miami

Tract 12086006503 · Miami-Dade, FL · pop 2,147 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

Census tract 12086006503 runs through the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami. With 2,147 residents, it scores $1/10 for landlords. That is riskier than about 40% of US census tracts.

About 69% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 30% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,901 a month while the average household earns $93,233 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. About 37% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26% Stable renters 12% Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units784
Renter share37.4%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate11.8%
Median income$93,233

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#26 of 26 tracts In Little Havana
Very Low
Within parent city
22 th percentile
Rank, 22nd percentileLowHigh
#103 of 132 tracts In Miami
Low
Within county
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#382 of 706 tracts In Miami-Dade
Moderate
Within state
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#1,912 of 5,122 tracts In Florida
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Miami and the region

Centroid at 25.7544, -80.2262 · click any tract to drill in

Why Little Havana scores 3.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
11.8% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$1,901 rent vs county FMR
3.2
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.
Little Havana risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.83.8This tracttract 006503Miami: 3.13.1Miamiparent cityCounty: 3.93.9Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.53.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 84

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: A: Best

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

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

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 20Total filings over 2 yrs
  • 2.45%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.6%Peak (2016)
  • 13Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 26Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.4Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.4Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.81×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-01-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline2020-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-03-01: 1 filings (2.00× baseline)2020-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-07-01: 1 filings (3.03× baseline)2020-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-09-01: 1 filings (2.00× baseline)2020-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-12-01: 1 filings (1.00× baseline)2021-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-07-01: 2 filings (6.06× baseline)2021-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-09-01: 1 filings (2.00× baseline)2021-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-01-01: 1 filings (1.49× baseline)2022-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-06-01: 1 filings (1.49× baseline)2022-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-07-01: 2 filings (6.06× baseline)2023-08-01: 1 filings (5.88× baseline)2023-09-01: 2 filings (4.00× baseline)2023-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-12-01: 3 filings (3.00× baseline)2024-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-03-01: 1 filings (2.00× baseline)2024-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-08-01: 2 filings (11.76× baseline)2024-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-10-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2024-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-12-01: 1 filings (1.00× baseline)2025-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-05-01: 1 filings (2.00× baseline)2025-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-07-01: 1 filings (3.03× baseline)2025-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-09-01: 1 filings (2.00× baseline)2025-10-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2025-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2026-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× 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

The heaviest input here 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 0.81x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of A ("Best"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 12086006503

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12086006503?

Census tract 12086006503 in the Little Havana neighborhood scores 3.8/10 (Lower 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 12086006503?

Median gross rent is $1,901/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 69% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 12086006503?

11.8% of residents in tract 12086006503 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,147.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 12086006503?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 77th, minority 91th, housing 89th.
Q5

Is tract 12086006503 considered part of Little Havana?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 12086006503 fall within Little Havana (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12086006503?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 20 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 12086006503 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.45% of renter households, peaking at 3.6% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 12086006503 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.81× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Miami eviction risk), 2020-2021.
Q8

How does tract 12086006503 compare to Miami overall?

Tract 12086006503 scores 3.8/10, 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.
Q9

Was tract 12086006503 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 0% 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.
Sibling tracts

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Top eight tracts in Miami ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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