Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #36,961 of 84,120 nationally
Westminster Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Gulfport
Tract 12103028300 · Pinellas, FL · pop 3,204 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
In the Westminster Heights neighborhood of Gulfport, census tract 12103028300 scores 5.6/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 62% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 52% of renter households, a severe level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,534 a month against an average household income of $58,663 a year, roughly 31% of income at the averages. Renters make up 35% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.7
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
85
th percentile
High
Within state
79
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 4.7
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
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 8.7/10. 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 Gulfport, 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 White and ranks around the 65th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 575 eviction filings here over 18 tracked years, with about 6.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 11.5% of renter households in 2000.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
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 4.7/10 (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 4.7/10, higher than the parent city of Gulfport at 2.6/10. 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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