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Census Tract · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally

St. Cloud Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 12097043500 · Osceola, FL · pop 4,734 · 99% of tract blocks fall in St. Cloud

12097043500 is a census tract in St. Cloud, FL. It scores 3.2/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,734 residents. Severe burden reaches 33%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25% Stable renters 22% Owners 53%
Tract context
Occupied units2,044
Renter share47.5%
SVI overall0.74
Poverty rate9.5%
Median income$58,641

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#3 of 13 tracts In St. Cloud
High
Within county
24 th percentile
Rank, 24th percentileLowHigh
#45 of 59 tracts In Osceola
Low
Within state
34 th percentile
Rank, 34th percentileLowHigh
#3,381 of 5,122 tracts In Florida
Low
National
25 th percentile
Rank, 25th percentileLowHigh
#63,308 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across St. Cloud and the region

Centroid at 28.2521, -81.2773 · click any tract to drill in

Why St. Cloud scores 3.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from St. Cloud
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
9.5% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,361 rent vs county FMR
2.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from St. Cloud
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from St. Cloud
3.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from St. Cloud
2.5

How St. Cloud compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
St. Cloud risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.2This tracttract 0435003.2St. Cloudparent city4.7Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 74

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

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)

  • 297Total filings over 9 yrs
  • 5.26%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.5%Peak (2016)
  • 30Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2008 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 12097043500
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 9 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in St. Cloud

The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.2/10.

Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Against the Osceola County average of 4.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.5 points.

53% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Osceola County average of 59.8%. Average gross rent is $1,361, 19% below the St. Cloud average.

The filing record is not thin: 297 evictions over 9 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2016 at 6.5% of renter households.

In a typical year about 5.3% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #63,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.7/10. Statewide the FL average is 4.1, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 12097043500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12097043500?

Census tract 12097043500 in St. Cloud scores 3.2/10 (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 12097043500?

Median gross rent is $1,361/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 12097043500?

9.5% of residents in tract 12097043500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,734.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 12097043500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 64th, minority 43th, housing 70th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12097043500?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 297 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 12097043500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.26% of renter households, peaking at 6.5% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

How does tract 12097043500 compare to St. Cloud overall?

Tract 12097043500 scores 3.2/10, right in line with the parent city of St. Cloud at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from St. Cloud eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in St. Cloud

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

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