Within parent city
97
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally
West Palm Beach Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 12099002701 · Palm Beach, FL · pop 1,470
Tract 12099002701 sits in West Palm Beach eviction risk, FL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.2/10. Population here is 1,470. Annualized rent equals 38% of average household income of $46,974, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29%
Stable renters 40%
Owners 31%
Tract context
Occupied units978
Renter share68.5%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate17.7%
Median income$46,974
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
78
th percentile
High
Within state
83
th percentile
High
National
65
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across West Palm Beach and the region
Centroid at 26.7117, -80.0501 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Palm Beach scores 5.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
17.7% poverty · this tract
4.4
Supply constraint
$1,507 rent vs county FMR
1.9
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 79
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 66%Socioeconomic
- 55%Household composition
- 31%Racial/ethnic minority
- 98%Housing & transportation
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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 49Total filings 2020-21
- 0.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.11×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near 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 West Palm Beach
Severe burden reaches 24%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Cost burden runs 42% here against 53.5% across Palm Beach County.
Pulling hardest the other way is state political climate at 1.5/10. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.
This is renter territory: 69% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.9/10.
Against the Palm Beach County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. At $1,507 a month, rents run 15% under what the rest of West Palm Beach commands. That is riskier than roughly 65% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.1/10. Statewide the FL average is 4.1, so this tract runs 1.1 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 12099002701
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12099002701?
Census tract 12099002701 in West Palm Beach scores 5.2/10 (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 12099002701?
Median gross rent is $1,507/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12099002701?
17.7% of residents in tract 12099002701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,470.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12099002701?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 66th, household 55th, minority 31th, housing 98th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 12099002701 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.11× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Other Oregon eviction laws Counties), 2020-2021.
Q6
How does tract 12099002701 compare to West Palm Beach overall?
Tract 12099002701 scores 5.2/10, 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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5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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/ 10 · Moderate
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