Lakeland Eviction Risk: Lower

59% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Polk County average of 45.8%. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 2/10.

The severe-burden share is 12%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. It sits 0.9 points below the Polk County average of 3.9.

The filing record is not thin: 498 evictions over 17 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2002 at 10.6% of renter households. In a typical year about 5.1% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 7.6/10 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 socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $1,379, close to the Lakeland average.

Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $67,237.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.