Within parent city
89
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #15,522 of 84,120 nationally
West Little River Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 12086001008 · Miami-Dade, FL · pop 3,290 · 93% of tract blocks fall in West Little River
In West Little River, census tract 12086001008 scores 6.4/10 for eviction risk. It lands near the 85th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 65% of renter households, a severe level, and 35% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $50,618 a year. Renters make up 55% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 44%
Tract context
Occupied units1,188
Renter share55.1%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate32.2%
Median income$50,618
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
91
th percentile
Very High
Within state
96
th percentile
Very High
National
82
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across West Little River and the region
Centroid at 25.8530, -80.2170 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Little River scores 5.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from West Little River
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
32.2% poverty · this tract
8.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from West Little River
9.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from West Little River
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from West Little River
8.5
How West Little River compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 92
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 86%Socioeconomic
- 90%Household composition
- 96%Racial/ethnic minority
- 79%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
- 0%Grade C
- 16%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)
- 199Total filings 2020-21
- 2.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.00×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 West Little River
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 9.2/10. 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 West Little River, 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 Black and ranks around the 92nd 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.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 1.00x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, roughly back to the pre-pandemic baseline.
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 12086001008
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12086001008?
Census tract 12086001008 in West Little River scores 5.7/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 12086001008?
32.2% of residents in tract 12086001008 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,290.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 12086001008?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 90th, minority 96th, housing 79th.
Q4
Did eviction filings in tract 12086001008 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.00× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Miami eviction risk), 2020-2021.
Q5
How does tract 12086001008 compare to West Little River overall?
Tract 12086001008 scores 5.7/10, higher than the parent city of West Little River at 2.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from West Little River; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q6
Was tract 12086001008 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 16% 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
Highest-risk tracts in West Little River
Top eight tracts in West Little River ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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6
/ 10 · Elevated
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12086000416
5.7
/ 10 · Elevated
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12086001007
4.9
/ 10 · Moderate
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12086000906
4.3
/ 10 · Moderate
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12086000908
4.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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12086001003
4.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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12086000905
4.1
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · FL
12086000904
4
/ 10 · Moderate
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