Within parent city
25
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #26,446 of 84,120 nationally
Opa-locka Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 12086000505 · Miami-Dade, FL · pop 5,179 · 51% of tract blocks fall in Opa-locka
Census tract 12086000505 belongs to Opa-locka, Florida. It is home to 5,179 residents and scores $1/10, an elevated reading for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 75% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 51% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 33% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,501 a month while the average household earns $53,864 a year, roughly 33% of income at the averages. Renters make up 62% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31%
Stable renters 30%
Owners 39%
Tract context
Occupied units1,878
Renter share61.7%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate17.9%
Median income$53,864
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
76
th percentile
High
Within state
85
th percentile
High
National
69
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Opa-locka and the region
Centroid at 25.8844, -80.2845 · click any tract to drill in
Why Opa-locka scores 4.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Opa-locka
6.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
17.9% poverty · this tract
4.5
Supply constraint
$1,501 rent vs county FMR
1.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Opa-locka
8.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Opa-locka
9.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Opa-locka
9.0
How Opa-locka compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 98
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 90%Socioeconomic
- 93%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 95%Housing & transportation
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)
- 42Total filings over 2 yrs
- 2.37%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.3%Peak (2015)
- 5Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 123Total filings 2020-21
- 1.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.28×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Miami as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Opa-locka
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.8/10. 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 Opa-locka, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Miami-Dade County average of 5.3 and above the Florida statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 98th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 42 eviction filings here over 2 tracked years, with about 2.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.3% of renter households in 2015.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 12086000505
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12086000505?
Census tract 12086000505 in Opa-locka scores 4.9/10 (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 12086000505?
Median gross rent is $1,501/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12086000505?
17.9% of residents in tract 12086000505 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,179.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12086000505?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 93th, minority 97th, housing 95th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12086000505?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 42 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 12086000505 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.37% of renter households, peaking at 4.3% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 12086000505 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.28× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Miami eviction risk), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 12086000505 compare to Opa-locka overall?
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Opa-locka
Top eight tracts in Opa-locka ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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