Within parent city
55
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #56,048 of 84,120 nationally
Lakeland Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 12105010701 · Polk, FL · pop 4,471
12105010701 is a census tract in Lakeland, FL. It scores 3.6/10 for landlords. 37% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units1,978
Renter share39.7%
SVI overall0.68
Poverty rate14.6%
Median income$55,362
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
46
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
44
th percentile
Moderate
National
33
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lakeland and the region
Centroid at 28.0174, -81.9658 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lakeland scores 3.6
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
14.6% poverty · this tract
3.6
Supply constraint
$1,210 rent vs county FMR
4.1
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: 68
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 63%Socioeconomic
- 62%Household composition
- 51%Racial/ethnic minority
- 71%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)
- 562Total filings over 17 yrs
- 4.75%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.9%Peak (2007)
- 36Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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, state political climate reads 1.5/10. 56% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Polk County average of 45.8%.
Running cool, tenant-organizing strength reads 2/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 562 filings here across 17 tracked years. Average gross rent is $1,210, 13% below the Lakeland average.
Filings peaked in 2007 at 10.9% of renter households. In a typical year about 4.7% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 33rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 7.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
It tracks the Polk County average of 3.9 closely.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 12105010701
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12105010701?
Census tract 12105010701 in Lakeland scores 3.6/10 (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 12105010701?
Median gross rent is $1,210/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12105010701?
14.6% of residents in tract 12105010701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,471.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12105010701?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 68th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 63th, household 62th, minority 51th, housing 71th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12105010701?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 562 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 12105010701 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.75% of renter households, peaking at 10.9% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 12105010701 compare to Lakeland overall?
Tract 12105010701 scores 3.6/10, 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Lakeland
Top eight tracts in Lakeland ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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4.7
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4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
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/ 10 · Moderate
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