Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #22,213 of 84,120 nationally
Fort Meade Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 12105016001 · Polk, FL · pop 2,283 · 95% of tract blocks fall in Fort Meade
Tract 12105016001 covers Fort Meade in Florida. Home to 2,283 residents, it scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 54% of US census tracts.
About 30% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 9% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,054 monthly, set against $42,652 in average yearly household income, roughly 30% of income at the averages. About 22% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units924
Renter share22.4%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate25.7%
Median income$42,652
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
87
th percentile
High
Within state
90
th percentile
High
National
74
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fort Meade and the region
Centroid at 27.7703, -81.7916 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fort Meade scores 5.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Fort Meade
4.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
25.7% poverty · this tract
6.4
Supply constraint
$1,054 rent vs county FMR
2.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fort Meade
8.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fort Meade
6.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fort Meade
8.5
How Fort Meade compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 90
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 93%Socioeconomic
- 97%Household composition
- 53%Racial/ethnic minority
- 56%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)
- 116Total filings over 17 yrs
- 3.28%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.0%Peak (2000)
- 6Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 50% over the past 17 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fort Meade
What moves this score most is housing court bias at 8.5/10. 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 Fort Meade, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Polk County average of 5.0 and above the Florida statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 116 eviction filings here over 17 tracked years, with about 3.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 6.0% of renter households in 2000.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 90th 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 12105016001
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12105016001?
Census tract 12105016001 in Fort Meade scores 5.2/10 (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 12105016001?
Median gross rent is $1,054/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12105016001?
25.7% of residents in tract 12105016001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,283.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12105016001?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 97th, minority 53th, housing 56th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12105016001?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 116 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 12105016001 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.28% of renter households, peaking at 6.0% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 12105016001 compare to Fort Meade overall?
Tract 12105016001 scores 5.2/10, higher than the parent city of Fort Meade at 2.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fort Meade; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Fort Meade
Top eight tracts in Fort Meade ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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