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Census Tract · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally

Clearwater Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 12103026402 · Pinellas, FL · pop 3,111

Census tract 12103026402 covers part of Clearwater, FL, and scores 4.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,111. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 48% Stable renters 33% Owners 19%
Tract context
Occupied units1,292
Renter share81.1%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate17.1%
Median income$39,167

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#4 of 40 tracts In Clearwater
Very High
Within county
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#43 of 273 tracts In Pinellas
High
Within state
76 th percentile
Rank, 76th percentileLowHigh
#1,236 of 5,122 tracts In Florida
High
National
58 th percentile
Rank, 58th percentileLowHigh
#35,669 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Clearwater and the region

Centroid at 27.9645, -82.7815 · click any tract to drill in

Why Clearwater scores 4.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Clearwater
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
17.1% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$1,111 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Clearwater
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Clearwater
3.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Clearwater
3.5

How Clearwater compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Clearwater risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.8This tracttract 0264023.4Clearwaterparent city3.9Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 98

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

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 327Total filings 2020-21
  • 4.5Avg monthly (observed)
  • 4.6Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.97×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 Tacoma, WA 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 Clearwater

Adults with no health insurance runs 31.8% against 11.3% nationally. 27% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10.

This is renter territory: 81% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. At $1,111 a month, rents run 33% under what the rest of Clearwater commands.

Annualized rent equals 34% of average household income of $39,167, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Disability prevalence runs 47.0% against 31.5% nationally. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

Cost burden runs 59% here against 53.4% across Pinellas County. It sits 1.0 points above the Pinellas County average of 3.8.

Nationally it ranks #35,669 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. 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 12103026402

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12103026402?

Census tract 12103026402 in Clearwater scores 4.8/10 (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 12103026402?

Median gross rent is $1,111/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 12103026402?

17.1% of residents in tract 12103026402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,111.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 12103026402?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 98th, minority 79th, housing 98th.
Q5

Did eviction filings in tract 12103026402 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.97× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Tacoma, WA), 2020-2021.
Q6

How does tract 12103026402 compare to Clearwater overall?

Tract 12103026402 scores 4.8/10, higher than the parent city of Clearwater at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Clearwater eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Clearwater

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

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