Within parent city
63
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #52,479 of 84,120 nationally
Lakeland Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 12105010401 · Polk, FL · pop 1,934
Tract 12105010401 sits in Lakeland eviction risk, FL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.8/10. It is home to 1,934 residents. Average gross rent is $860, 38% below the Lakeland average.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 40%
Owners 34%
Tract context
Occupied units819
Renter share66.5%
SVI overall0.67
Poverty rate15.1%
Median income$47,875
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
55
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
50
th percentile
Moderate
National
38
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lakeland and the region
Centroid at 28.0337, -81.9536 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lakeland scores 3.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Lakeland
2.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
15.1% poverty · this tract
3.8
Supply constraint
$860 rent vs county FMR
1.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lakeland
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lakeland
2.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lakeland
2.5
How Lakeland compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 67
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 39%Socioeconomic
- 82%Household composition
- 38%Racial/ethnic minority
- 86%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)
- 260Total filings over 17 yrs
- 2.44%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.7%Peak (2003)
- 5Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 71% over the past 17 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lakeland
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.4/10. The severe-burden share is 20%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
This is renter territory: 67% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
Cost burden runs 39% here against 45.8% across Polk County. The filing record is not thin: 260 evictions over 17 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2003 at 3.7% of renter households.
In a typical year about 2.4% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 38% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Social vulnerability reads 7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 12105010401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12105010401?
Census tract 12105010401 in Lakeland scores 3.8/10 (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 12105010401?
Median gross rent is $860/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12105010401?
15.1% of residents in tract 12105010401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,934.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12105010401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 39th, household 82th, minority 38th, housing 86th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12105010401?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 260 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 12105010401 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.44% of renter households, peaking at 3.7% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 12105010401 compare to Lakeland overall?
Tract 12105010401 scores 3.8/10, higher than the parent city of Lakeland at 3.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lakeland eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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Highest-risk tracts in Lakeland
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/ 10 · Moderate
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/ 10 · Moderate
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