West Palm Beach Eviction Risk: Moderate

23% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. 77% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.

Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.6/10.

Cost burden runs 60% here against 53.5% across Palm Beach County. The poverty rate is 21%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. It sits 1.1 points above the Palm Beach County average of 4.1.

Average gross rent is $1,448, 18% below the West Palm Beach average. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 884 filings here across 11 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2001 at 13.6% of renter households.

In a typical year about 9.8% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #29,336 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

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