Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Kathleen Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 12105012113 · Polk, FL · pop 6,045 · 17% of tract blocks fall in Kathleen
Census tract 12105012113 covers part of Kathleen, FL, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 6,045 residents. roughly one in four of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Polk County average of 45.8%.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units2,383
Renter share13.1%
SVI overall0.37
Poverty rate7.9%
Median income$60,504
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
5
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
28
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kathleen and the region
Centroid at 28.1287, -82.0062 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kathleen scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Kathleen
4.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
7.9% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,700 rent vs county FMR
7.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kathleen
6.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kathleen
4.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kathleen
7.5
How Kathleen compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 37
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 59%Socioeconomic
- 27%Household composition
- 41%Racial/ethnic minority
- 22%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)
- 377Total filings over 17 yrs
- 7.13%Avg annual filing rate
- 17.1%Peak (2002)
- 23Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 64% over the past 17 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kathleen
Average gross rent is $1,700, 36% above the Kathleen average. The clearest offset is eviction-process difficulty at 1.3/10.
Set annual rent against average income of $60,504 and the ratio lands at 34%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
The voucher gap is 27.2%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. The severe-burden share is 20%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Running cool, economic stress reads 2/10. Against the Polk County average of 3.9, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.9 points. Court records carry 377 eviction filings across 17 observed years.
The worst year on record was 2002, when 17.1% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 7.1% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 12105012113
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12105012113?
Census tract 12105012113 in Kathleen scores 3/10 (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 12105012113?
Median gross rent is $1,700/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12105012113?
7.9% of residents in tract 12105012113 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,045.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12105012113?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 37th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 59th, household 27th, minority 41th, housing 22th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12105012113?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 377 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 12105012113 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.13% of renter households, peaking at 17.1% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 12105012113 compare to Kathleen overall?
Tract 12105012113 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Kathleen at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kathleen; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Kathleen
Top eight tracts in Kathleen ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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