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Neighborhood · Ranked #23,808 of 84,120 nationally

Lake Worth Beach Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 12099005102 · Palm Beach, FL · pop 7,044 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

Census tract 12099005102 covers part of the Lake Worth Beach area of Lake Worth Beach, FL, and scores 5.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. The severe-burden share is 32%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30% Stable renters 27% Owners 43%
Tract context
Occupied units1,699
Renter share57.3%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate13.0%
Median income$59,811

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
13 th percentile
Rank, 13th percentileLowHigh
#8 of 9 tracts In Lake Worth Beach
Very Low
Within parent city
22 th percentile
Rank, 22nd percentileLowHigh
#8 of 10 tracts In Lake Worth Beach
Low
Within county
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#45 of 372 tracts In Palm Beach
High
Within state
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#431 of 5,122 tracts In Florida
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Lake Worth Beach and the region

Centroid at 26.6009, -80.0633 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lake Worth Beach scores 5.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Lake Worth Beach
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
13.0% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$1,658 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lake Worth Beach
8.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lake Worth Beach
9.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lake Worth Beach
8.2

How Lake Worth Beach compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Lake Worth Beach risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.5This tracttract 0051024.6Lake Worth Beachparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 99

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)

  • 592Total filings over 11 yrs
  • 6.44%Avg annual filing rate
  • 8.6%Peak (2013)
  • 76Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 12099005102
Filings climbed 43% over the past 11 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 230Total filings 2020-21
  • 3.2Avg monthly (observed)
  • 5.2Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.61×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-01-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Other Oregon Counties as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Lake Worth Beach. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lake Worth Beach

The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 32.8% against 11.3% nationally.

Set annual rent against average income of $59,811 and the ratio lands at 33%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.3/10.

Against the Palm Beach County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points. Court records carry 592 eviction filings across 11 observed years. The worst year on record was 2013, when 8.6% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 6.4% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 72nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.9/10.

Statewide the FL average is 4.1, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

Rent takes 30% or more of income for 53% of renters. Average gross rent is $1,658, close to the Lake Worth Beach average.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 12099005102

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12099005102?

Census tract 12099005102 in the Lake Worth Beach neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (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 12099005102?

Median gross rent is $1,658/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 12099005102?

13.0% of residents in tract 12099005102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,044.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 12099005102?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 77th, minority 91th, housing 99th.
Q5

Is tract 12099005102 considered part of Lake Worth Beach?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 12099005102 fall within Lake Worth Beach (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12099005102?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 592 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 12099005102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.44% of renter households, peaking at 8.6% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 12099005102 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.61× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Other Oregon eviction laws Counties), 2020-2021.
Q8

How does tract 12099005102 compare to Lake Worth Beach overall?

Tract 12099005102 scores 5.5/10, higher than the parent city of Lake Worth Beach at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lake Worth Beach; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Lake Worth Beach

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

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