Neighborhood · Ranked #43,441 of 84,120 nationally
Meadowlawn Eviction Risk: Moderate , St. Petersburg
Tract 12103024601 ·
Pinellas, FL · pop 3,883 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
Census tract 12103024601 sits in Meadowlawn in St. Petersburg, Florida eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 4.9/10. That is riskier than about 36% of US census tracts.
39% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,148 monthly, set against $53,125 in average yearly household income, roughly 26% of income at the averages. Renters make up 38% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%Stable renters 23%Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units1,529
Renter share37.5%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate12.0%
Median income$53,125
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
67th percentile
#2 of 4 tracts In Meadowlawn
Elevated
Within parent city
33th percentile
#5 of 7 tracts In St. Petersburg
Low
Within county
73th percentile
#75 of 273 tracts In Pinellas
Elevated
Within state
72th percentile
#1,452 of 5,122 tracts In Florida
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across St. Petersburg and the region
Centroid at 27.8377, -82.6697 · click any tract to drill in
Why Meadowlawn scores 4.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from St. Petersburg
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
12.0% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$1,148 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from St. Petersburg
7.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from St. Petersburg
7.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from St. Petersburg
7.0
How Meadowlawn compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 75
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
75%Socioeconomic
78%Household composition
46%Racial/ethnic minority
63%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
0%Grade C
7%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)
1,394Total filings over 18 yrs
12.88%Avg annual filing rate
18.2%Peak (2004)
50Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year2000 to 2017
Filings dropped 45% over the past 18 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
277Total filings 2020-21
3.8Avg monthly (observed)
6.3Pre-pandemic baseline
0.60×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–20212020-01-01 to 2026-01-01
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Tacoma, WA as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Meadowlawn. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 7.8/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from St. Petersburg eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Pinellas County average of 4.8 and in line with the Florida statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 7% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 75th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 12103024601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12103024601?
Census tract 12103024601 in the Meadowlawn neighborhood scores 4.4/10 (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 12103024601?
Median gross rent is $1,148/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12103024601?
12.0% of residents in tract 12103024601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,883.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12103024601?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 78th, minority 46th, housing 63th.
Q5
Is tract 12103024601 considered part of Meadowlawn?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 12103024601 fall within Meadowlawn (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12103024601?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,394 eviction filings across 18 validated years in tract 12103024601 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.88% of renter households, peaking at 18.2% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 12103024601 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.60× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Tacoma, WA), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 12103024601 compare to St. Petersburg overall?
Tract 12103024601 scores 4.4/10, higher than the parent city of St. Petersburg at 2.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from St. Petersburg eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 12103024601 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 7% 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.
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