Neighborhood · Ranked #17,426 of 84,120 nationally
Childs Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , St. Petersburg
Tract 12103020800 ·
Pinellas, FL · pop 4,147 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
The Moderate-tier score of 5.3/10 for census tract 12103020800 reflects conditions in the Childs Park neighborhood of St. Petersburg, Florida. That is riskier than about 50% of US census tracts.
About 81% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 63% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,865 a month while the average household earns $48,246 a year, roughly 46% of income at the averages. About 50% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 40%Stable renters 10%Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units1,305
Renter share49.7%
SVI overall0.81
Poverty rate31.5%
Median income$48,246
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100th percentile
#1 of 4 tracts In Childs Park
Very High
Within parent city
97th percentile
#3 of 77 tracts In St. Petersburg
Very High
Within county
99th percentile
#3 of 273 tracts In Pinellas
Very High
Within state
96th percentile
#214 of 5,122 tracts In Florida
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across St. Petersburg and the region
Centroid at 27.7569, -82.6895 · click any tract to drill in
Why Childs Park scores 5.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from St. Petersburg
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
31.5% poverty · this tract
7.9
Supply constraint
$1,865 rent vs county FMR
4.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from St. Petersburg
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from St. Petersburg
4.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from St. Petersburg
4.0
How Childs Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 81
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
84%Socioeconomic
44%Household composition
90%Racial/ethnic minority
75%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
5%Grade C
88%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)
1,526Total filings over 18 yrs
11.79%Avg annual filing rate
17.7%Peak (2016)
92Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year2000 to 2017
Filings climbed 56% over the past 18 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
383Total filings 2020-21
5.3Avg monthly (observed)
10.1Pre-pandemic baseline
0.52×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 Childs Park. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
What moves this score most is economic stress at 7.9/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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 above the Pinellas County average of 4.8 and above the Florida statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 81st 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.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.52x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 12103020800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12103020800?
Census tract 12103020800 in the Childs Park neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (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 12103020800?
Median gross rent is $1,865/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 81% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12103020800?
31.5% of residents in tract 12103020800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,147.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12103020800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 81th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 44th, minority 90th, housing 75th.
Q5
Is tract 12103020800 considered part of Childs Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 12103020800 fall within Childs Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12103020800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,526 eviction filings across 18 validated years in tract 12103020800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.79% of renter households, peaking at 17.7% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 12103020800 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.52× 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 12103020800 compare to St. Petersburg overall?
Tract 12103020800 scores 5.8/10, 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 12103020800 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. 88% 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 St. Petersburg
Top eight tracts in St. Petersburg ranked by composite eviction-risk score.