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Census Tract · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally

Riviera Beach Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 12099001403 · Palm Beach, FL · pop 3,406

Census tract 12099001403 covers part of Riviera Beach, FL, and scores 5.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,406 residents. Severe burden reaches 38%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31% Stable renters 24% Owners 45%
Tract context
Occupied units1,198
Renter share54.5%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate25.6%
Median income$36,709

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 11 tracts In Riviera Beach
High
Within county
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#23 of 372 tracts In Palm Beach
Very High
Within state
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#259 of 5,122 tracts In Florida
Very High
National
76 th percentile
Rank, 76th percentileLowHigh
#20,506 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Riviera Beach and the region

Centroid at 26.7666, -80.0757 · click any tract to drill in

Why Riviera Beach scores 5.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Riviera Beach
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
25.6% poverty · this tract
6.4
Supply constraint
$1,434 rent vs county FMR
1.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Riviera Beach
8.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Riviera Beach
8.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Riviera Beach
8.1

How Riviera Beach compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Riviera Beach risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.8This tracttract 0014034.4Riviera Beachparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 96

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)

  • 510Total filings over 11 yrs
  • 8.47%Avg annual filing rate
  • 11.1%Peak (2002)
  • 51Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 12099001403
Filings climbed 19% over the past 11 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 206Total filings 2020-21
  • 2.8Avg monthly (observed)
  • 3.7Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.75×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 Riviera Beach

Set annual rent against average income of $36,709 and the ratio lands at 47%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 8.8/10.

Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. It sits 1.7 points above the Palm Beach County average of 4.1.

Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.4/10. Disability prevalence runs 45.4% against 31.5% nationally.

The poverty rate is 26%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Adults with no health insurance runs 22.5% against 11.3% nationally. At $1,434 a month, rents run 16% under what the rest of Riviera Beach commands.

The filing record is not thin: 510 evictions over 11 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2002, when 11.1% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 8.5% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 76th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 12099001403

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12099001403?

Census tract 12099001403 in Riviera Beach scores 5.8/10 (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 12099001403?

Median gross rent is $1,434/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 12099001403?

25.6% of residents in tract 12099001403 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,406.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 12099001403?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 100th, household 97th, minority 97th, housing 51th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12099001403?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 510 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 12099001403 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.47% of renter households, peaking at 11.1% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 12099001403 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.75× 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 12099001403 compare to Riviera Beach overall?

Tract 12099001403 scores 5.8/10, higher than the parent city of Riviera Beach at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Riviera Beach; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Riviera Beach

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

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