Neighborhood · Ranked #56,884 of 84,120 nationally
Disston Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , St. Petersburg
Tract 12103022601 ·
Pinellas, FL · pop 2,933 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
Census tract 12103022601 covers Disston Heights in St. Petersburg, home to 2,933 residents. For landlords it grades 4.1/10, a moderate reading. That is riskier than roughly 14% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 35% of renter households, a high level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,641 a month while the average household earns $68,871 a year, roughly 29% of income at the averages. Renters make up 10% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%Stable renters 6%Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units1,360
Renter share9.7%
SVI overall0.34
Poverty rate7.6%
Median income$68,871
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
67th percentile
#2 of 4 tracts In Disston Heights
Elevated
Within parent city
47th percentile
#41 of 77 tracts In St. Petersburg
Moderate
Within county
47th percentile
#146 of 273 tracts In Pinellas
Moderate
Within state
52th percentile
#2,448 of 5,122 tracts In Florida
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across St. Petersburg and the region
Centroid at 27.7869, -82.7063 · click any tract to drill in
Why Disston Heights scores 3.8
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
7.6% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,641 rent vs county FMR
3.3
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 Disston Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 34
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
48%Socioeconomic
63%Household composition
39%Racial/ethnic minority
11%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
6%Grade C
0%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)
154Total filings over 18 yrs
3.32%Avg annual filing rate
6.3%Peak (2000)
14Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year2000 to 2017
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 18 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
34Total filings 2020-21
0.5Avg monthly (observed)
0.7Pre-pandemic baseline
0.69×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 Disston Heights. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 4.5/10. 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 below the Pinellas County average of 4.8 and below the Florida statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 34th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 12103022601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12103022601?
Census tract 12103022601 in the Disston Heights neighborhood scores 3.8/10 (Lower 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 12103022601?
Median gross rent is $1,641/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12103022601?
7.6% of residents in tract 12103022601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,933.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12103022601?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 34th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 63th, minority 39th, housing 11th.
Q5
Is tract 12103022601 considered part of Disston Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 12103022601 fall within Disston Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12103022601?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 154 eviction filings across 18 validated years in tract 12103022601 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.32% of renter households, peaking at 6.3% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 12103022601 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.69× 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 12103022601 compare to St. Petersburg overall?
Tract 12103022601 scores 3.8/10, 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 12103022601 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. 0% 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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