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Census Tract · Ranked #28,095 of 84,120 nationally

Lake Worth Beach Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 12099005000 · Palm Beach, FL · pop 5,572 · 49% of tract blocks fall in Lake Worth Beach

Tract 12099005000 sits in Lake Worth Beach, FL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.3/10. It is home to 5,572 residents. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10.

Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 12% Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units2,071
Renter share27.9%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate15.3%
Median income$79,358

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
11 th percentile
Rank, 11th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 10 tracts In Lake Worth Beach
Very Low
Within county
81 th percentile
Rank, 81st percentileLowHigh
#72 of 372 tracts In Palm Beach
High
Within state
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#809 of 5,122 tracts In Florida
High
National
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#28,095 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Lake Worth Beach and the region

Centroid at 26.6020, -80.0801 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lake Worth Beach scores 5.3

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
15.3% poverty · this tract
3.8
Supply constraint
$1,431 rent vs county FMR
1.5
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 / state5.3This tracttract 0050004.6Lake Worth Beachparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 93

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)

  • 393Total filings over 11 yrs
  • 6.76%Avg annual filing rate
  • 11.0%Peak (2010)
  • 30Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 12099005000
Filings climbed 200% over the past 11 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 68Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.9Avg monthly (observed)
  • 1.9Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.50×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

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lake Worth Beach

22% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.5/10.

Against the Palm Beach County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points. The filing record is not thin: 393 evictions over 11 years of observation. Adults with no health insurance runs 19.3% against 11.3% nationally.

Filings peaked in 2010 at 11.0% of renter households. In a typical year about 6.8% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 67th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the FL average is 4.1, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 12099005000

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12099005000?

Census tract 12099005000 in Lake Worth Beach scores 5.3/10 (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 12099005000?

Median gross rent is $1,431/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 12099005000?

15.3% of residents in tract 12099005000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,572.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 12099005000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 62th, minority 65th, housing 95th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12099005000?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 393 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 12099005000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.76% of renter households, peaking at 11.0% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 12099005000 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.50× 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.
Q7

How does tract 12099005000 compare to Lake Worth Beach overall?

Tract 12099005000 scores 5.3/10, 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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