4 census tracts · pop 17,220 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.8/10
· range 5.4–7.1
Park Central is a 4-tract neighborhood of Oak Ridge, FL and houses 17,220 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 5.8/10, in the Moderate tier. Cost burden runs 59% against 35.3% citywide, putting Park Central 24.1% over its own city.
The severe-burden share is 31%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. This is a renter market: 80% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Pulling the other way is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.1/10. The 4 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 5.4 to 7.1, a 1.7-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address.
The poverty rate is 24%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. Well under the midpoint is supply constraint, at 2.7/10.
Filings are well documented here: 3,140 across 2 observed tracts. The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 22.7% of renter households. Judgments average 7.2% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
Social vulnerability runs high at 8.3/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input. Average gross rent runs $1,514, close to the Oak Ridge average. Annual rent works out to 32% of average household income of $57,643.
For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 5.8 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
5.8
Moderate
4 tracts · population-weighted
Park Central vs Oak RidgeHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority89%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport72%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Park Central
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
3,140Total filings (sum)
11.98%Avg annual filing rate
22.7%Peak year (2016)
12.91%Latest filed (2016)
Frequently asked
About Park Central
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Park Central?
Park Central scores 5.8/10 (Moderate tier) across 4 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 Park Central compare to Oak Ridge overall?
Park Central scores 0.1 points higher than Oak Ridge overall (5.7/10). Renters spend 59% of income on rent vs 35% citywide. Average rent: $1,514 vs $1,466.
Q3
What is the average rent in Park Central?
Average gross rent in Park Central is $1,514/month (pop-weighted across 4 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Park Central residents are renters?
80% of Park Central households are renter-occupied (vs 66% in Oak Ridge). The neighborhood has 17,220 residents.
Q5
Is Park Central a high social-vulnerability area?
Park Central sits in the 81st 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 Park Central have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Park Central is census tract 12095016908 (score 7.1/10). Across the 4 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.4 to 7.1, a spread of 1.7 points.
Q7
How safe is Park Central for landlords?
Park Central carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.8/10). Pop-weighted across 4 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Oak Ridge as a whole (5.7/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Park Central?
Park Central has 17,883 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (43.4%), Black (non-Hispanic) (36.7%), White (non-Hispanic) (12.4%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
