1 census tracts · pop 2,625 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4/10
· range 4–4
Blue Lake is a one-tract neighborhood of Lake Wales, FL, population 2,625. The Eviction Risk Score is 4/10, in the Moderate tier. The strongest single driver of the headline number is rent-regulation exposure at 9.3/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint is housing-court posture at 8.9/10. Against a Lake Wales baseline of 40.6%, 49% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line. On the softer side is eviction-process difficulty, at 1.7/10.
Court records for this tract carry 267 eviction filings. The worst year on record was 2011, when filings touched 15.6% of renter households.
The most recent observed rate, 5.0% in 2017, is well off that peak. Only 23% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin here; price renewals off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Social vulnerability runs high at 9.1/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.
Average gross rent runs $1,073, close to the Lake Wales average. Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $50,893.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 4/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
4
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Blue Lake vs Lake WalesHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority58%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport49%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Blue Lake
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
267Total filings (sum)
6.99%Avg annual filing rate
15.6%Peak year (2011)
4.98%Latest filed (2017)
Frequently asked
About Blue Lake
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Blue Lake?
Blue Lake scores 4/10 (Moderate tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Blue Lake compare to Lake Wales overall?
Blue Lake scores 0.2 points lower than Lake Wales overall (4.2/10). Renters spend 49% of income on rent vs 41% citywide. Average rent: $1,073 vs $1,110.
Q3
What is the average rent in Blue Lake?
Average gross rent in Blue Lake is $1,073/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Blue Lake residents are renters?
23% of Blue Lake households are renter-occupied (vs 41% in Lake Wales). The neighborhood has 2,625 residents.
Q5
Is Blue Lake a high social-vulnerability area?
Blue Lake sits in the 90th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Blue Lake for landlords?
Blue Lake carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Lake Wales as a whole (4.2/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Blue Lake?
Blue Lake has 2,836 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (60.3%), Hispanic / Latino (19.5%), Black (non-Hispanic) (16.7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
