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Census Tract · Ranked #22,681 of 84,120 nationally

Delray Beach Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 12099006501 · Palm Beach, FL · pop 1,356 · 91% of tract blocks fall in Delray Beach

12099006501 is a census tract in Delray Beach, FL. It scores 5.6/10 for landlords. The severe-burden share is 31%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 18% Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units640
Renter share39.4%
SVI overall0.65
Poverty rate22.1%
Median income$62,069

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 23 tracts In Delray Beach
Very High
Within county
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#39 of 372 tracts In Palm Beach
High
Within state
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#360 of 5,122 tracts In Florida
Very High
National
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#22,681 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Delray Beach and the region

Centroid at 26.4811, -80.0687 · click any tract to drill in

Why Delray Beach scores 5.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Delray Beach
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
22.1% poverty · this tract
5.5
Supply constraint
$1,604 rent vs county FMR
2.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Delray Beach
8.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Delray Beach
7.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Delray Beach
7.3

How Delray Beach compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Delray Beach risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.6This tracttract 0065014.2Delray Beachparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 65

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)

  • 154Total filings over 11 yrs
  • 4.01%Avg annual filing rate
  • 7.7%Peak (2009)
  • 6Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 12099006501
Filings dropped 60% over the past 11 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 46Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.6Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.7Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.85×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-01-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Other Oregon Counties 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 Delray Beach

The main counterweight is state political climate at 1.5/10. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.4/10. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.6/10.

Against the Palm Beach County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points. The poverty rate is 22%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Average gross rent is $1,604, 18% below the Delray Beach average. The filing record is not thin: 154 evictions over 11 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2009 at 7.7% of renter households.

In a typical year about 4.0% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 73% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.8/10.

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 12099006501

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12099006501?

Census tract 12099006501 in Delray Beach scores 5.6/10 (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 12099006501?

Median gross rent is $1,604/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 12099006501?

22.1% of residents in tract 12099006501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,356.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 12099006501?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 9th, minority 64th, housing 79th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12099006501?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 154 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 12099006501 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.01% of renter households, peaking at 7.7% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 12099006501 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.85× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Other Oregon eviction laws Counties), 2020-2021.
Q7

How does tract 12099006501 compare to Delray Beach overall?

Tract 12099006501 scores 5.6/10, higher than the parent city of Delray Beach at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Delray Beach eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Delray Beach

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

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