Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Westminster Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Gulfport
Tract 12103028300 · Pinellas, FL · pop 3,204 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
Tract 12103028300 sits in the Westminster Heights area of Gulfport, FL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.1/10. Population here is 3,204. Severe burden reaches 26%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units1,474
Renter share34.9%
SVI overall0.65
Poverty rate17.8%
Median income$58,663
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
93
th percentile
Very High
Within state
81
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Gulfport and the region
Centroid at 27.7559, -82.7059 · click any tract to drill in
Why Westminster Heights scores 5.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Gulfport
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
17.8% poverty · this tract
4.4
Supply constraint
$1,534 rent vs county FMR
2.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Gulfport
8.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Gulfport
5.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Gulfport
7.6
How Westminster Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 65
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 64%Socioeconomic
- 70%Household composition
- 44%Racial/ethnic minority
- 55%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 43%Grade C
- 30%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 575Total filings over 18 yrs
- 6.02%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.5%Peak (2000)
- 19Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 65% over the past 18 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 104Total filings 2020-21
- 1.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.84×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Tacoma, WA as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Westminster Heights
The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 8.7/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.9/10.
It sits 1.3 points above the Pinellas County average of 3.8. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 575 filings here across 18 tracked years.
Filings peaked in 2000 at 11.5% of renter households. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.
In a typical year about 6.0% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 63rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.8/10.
Statewide the FL average is 4.1, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 52% of renters.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 12103028300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12103028300?
Census tract 12103028300 in the Westminster Heights neighborhood scores 5.1/10 (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 12103028300?
Median gross rent is $1,534/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12103028300?
17.8% of residents in tract 12103028300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,204.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12103028300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 70th, minority 44th, housing 55th.
Q5
Is tract 12103028300 considered part of Westminster Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 12103028300 fall within Westminster Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12103028300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 575 eviction filings across 18 validated years in tract 12103028300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.02% of renter households, peaking at 11.5% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 12103028300 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.84× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Tacoma, WA), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 12103028300 compare to Gulfport overall?
Tract 12103028300 scores 5.1/10, higher than the parent city of Gulfport at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Gulfport; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 12103028300 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 30% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Gulfport
Top eight tracts in Gulfport ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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