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Census Tract · Ranked #34,278 of 84,120 nationally

West Palm Beach Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 12099001801 · Palm Beach, FL · pop 5,744

With a score of 4.9/10, tract 12099001801 in West Palm Beach, FL reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,744. Severe burden reaches 45%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 12% Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units1,846
Renter share39.9%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate13.2%
Median income$55,640

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
65 th percentile
Rank, 65th percentileLowHigh
#13 of 35 tracts In West Palm Beach
Elevated
Within county
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#104 of 372 tracts In Palm Beach
Elevated
Within state
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#1,143 of 5,122 tracts In Florida
High
National
59 th percentile
Rank, 59th percentileLowHigh
#34,278 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across West Palm Beach and the region

Centroid at 26.7468, -80.0704 · click any tract to drill in

Why West Palm Beach scores 4.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from West Palm Beach
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
13.2% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$1,640 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from West Palm Beach
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from West Palm Beach
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from West Palm Beach
3.5

How West Palm Beach compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
West Palm Beach risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.9This tracttract 0018013.8West Palm 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)

  • 894Total filings over 11 yrs
  • 11.22%Avg annual filing rate
  • 21.6%Peak (2000)
  • 89Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 12099001801
Filings dropped 36% over the past 11 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 254Total filings 2020-21
  • 3.5Avg monthly (observed)
  • 6.3Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.55×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 West Palm Beach

Against Palm Beach County at 53.5%, 69% of renters here are cost-burdened. Pulling hardest the other way is state political climate at 1.5/10.

Set annual rent against average income of $55,640 and the ratio lands at 35%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.

Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.5/10. The filing record is not thin: 894 evictions over 11 years of observation. Against the Palm Beach County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.8 points.

Adults with no health insurance runs 18.5% against 11.3% nationally. Filings peaked in 2000 at 21.6% of renter households. In a typical year about 11.2% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 59th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 12099001801

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12099001801?

Census tract 12099001801 in West Palm Beach scores 4.9/10 (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 12099001801?

Median gross rent is $1,640/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 69% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 12099001801?

13.2% of residents in tract 12099001801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,744.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 12099001801?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 91th, household 87th, minority 92th, housing 80th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12099001801?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 894 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 12099001801 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.22% of renter households, peaking at 21.6% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 12099001801 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.55× 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 12099001801 compare to West Palm Beach overall?

Tract 12099001801 scores 4.9/10, higher than the parent city of West Palm Beach at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from West Palm 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 West Palm Beach

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

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