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Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Kathleen Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 12105012130 · Polk, FL · pop 2,056 · 50% of tract blocks fall in Kathleen

Tract 12105012130 sits in Kathleen, FL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. Cost burden runs 32% here against 45.8% across Polk County.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2% Stable renters 5% Owners 93%
Tract context
Occupied units738
Renter share6.8%
SVI overall0.44
Poverty rate9.4%
Median income$71,094

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#3 of 4 tracts In Kathleen
Low
Within county
3 th percentile
Rank, 3rd percentileLowHigh
#169 of 174 tracts In Polk
Very Low
Within state
28 th percentile
Rank, 28th percentileLowHigh
#3,704 of 5,122 tracts In Florida
Low
National
20 th percentile
Rank, 20th percentileLowHigh
#67,219 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Kathleen and the region

Centroid at 28.1988, -82.0592 · click any tract to drill in

Why Kathleen scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
9.4% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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.
Kathleen risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 0121303.4Kathleenparent city3.9Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 44

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Kathleen

Pulling hardest the other way is eviction-process difficulty at 1.3/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.3/10.

Against the Polk County average of 3.9, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.9 points. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 7% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

Social vulnerability reads 4.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the FL average is 4.1, so this tract runs 1.1 points cooler.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 12105012130

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12105012130?

Census tract 12105012130 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 poverty rate in tract 12105012130?

9.4% of residents in tract 12105012130 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,056.
Q3

How socially vulnerable is tract 12105012130?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 44th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 62th, household 63th, minority 23th, housing 19th.
Q4

How does tract 12105012130 compare to Kathleen overall?

Tract 12105012130 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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