Within parent city
14
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #60,063 of 84,120 nationally
Bartow Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 12105015102 · Polk, FL · pop 2,640 · 92% of tract blocks fall in Bartow
Census tract 12105015102 sits in Bartow, Florida eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 3.7/10. That is riskier than about 8% of US census tracts.
About 4% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,183 a month against an average household income of $85,150 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 15% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units917
Renter share15.0%
SVI overall0.40
Poverty rate4.3%
Median income$85,150
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
16
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
38
th percentile
Low
National
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bartow and the region
Centroid at 27.8708, -81.8377 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bartow scores 2.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Bartow
4.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
4.3% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,183 rent vs county FMR
3.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bartow
5.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bartow
7.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bartow
6.1
How Bartow compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 40
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 41%Socioeconomic
- 52%Household composition
- 41%Racial/ethnic minority
- 34%Housing & transportation
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)
- 98Total filings over 17 yrs
- 3.09%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.5%Peak (2000)
- 8Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 27% over the past 17 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bartow
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 7.1/10. 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 Bartow, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Polk County average of 5.0 and below the Florida statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 98 eviction filings here over 17 tracked years, with about 3.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 5.5% of renter households in 2000.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 40th 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.
For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 12105015102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12105015102?
Census tract 12105015102 in Bartow scores 2.9/10 (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 12105015102?
Median gross rent is $1,183/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 4% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12105015102?
4.3% of residents in tract 12105015102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,640.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12105015102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 41th, household 52th, minority 41th, housing 34th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12105015102?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 98 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 12105015102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.09% of renter households, peaking at 5.5% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 12105015102 compare to Bartow overall?
Tract 12105015102 scores 2.9/10, higher than the parent city of Bartow at 2.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bartow; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Bartow
Top eight tracts in Bartow ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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