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Census Tract · Ranked #65,414 of 84,120 nationally

Wellington Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 12099007724 · Palm Beach, FL · pop 7,027

With a score of 3.1/10, tract 12099007724 in Wellington, FL reads lower for landlord eviction risk. 71% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Palm Beach County average of 53.5%.

Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22% Stable renters 9% Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units2,535
Renter share30.2%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate9.8%
Median income$116,397

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#5 of 15 tracts In Wellington
Elevated
Within county
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#248 of 372 tracts In Palm Beach
Low
Within state
31 th percentile
Rank, 31st percentileLowHigh
#3,550 of 5,122 tracts In Florida
Low
National
22 th percentile
Rank, 22nd percentileLowHigh
#65,414 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Wellington and the region

Centroid at 26.6700, -80.2624 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wellington scores 3.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Wellington
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
9.8% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$2,356 rent vs county FMR
5.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wellington
8.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wellington
5.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wellington
6.0

How Wellington compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Wellington risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.1This tracttract 0077244.0Wellingtonparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 39

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)

  • 312Total filings over 11 yrs
  • 5.80%Avg annual filing rate
  • 8.4%Peak (2003)
  • 20Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 12099007724
Filings dropped 29% over the past 11 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 133Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.8Avg monthly (observed)
  • 1.9Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.94×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 Wellington

31% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Pulling hardest the other way is state political climate at 1.5/10.

Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.6/10. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.1/10. It sits 1.0 points below the Palm Beach County average of 4.1.

Court records carry 312 eviction filings across 11 observed years. Filings peaked in 2003 at 8.4% of renter households.

At $2,356 a month, rents run 8% under what the rest of Wellington commands. In a typical year about 5.8% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 22% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

Social vulnerability reads 4.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

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 12099007724

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12099007724?

Census tract 12099007724 in Wellington scores 3.1/10 (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 12099007724?

Median gross rent is $2,356/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 71% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 12099007724?

9.8% of residents in tract 12099007724 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,027.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 12099007724?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 33th, household 87th, minority 65th, housing 13th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12099007724?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 312 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 12099007724 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.80% of renter households, peaking at 8.4% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 12099007724 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.94× 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 12099007724 compare to Wellington overall?

Tract 12099007724 scores 3.1/10, lower than the parent city of Wellington at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wellington; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Wellington

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

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