Within parent city
29
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Lakeland Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 12105010702 · Polk, FL · pop 3,963
Tract 12105010702 sits in Lakeland eviction risk, FL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. Population here is 3,963. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units1,600
Renter share38.4%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate8.3%
Median income$64,571
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
23
th percentile
Low
Within state
28
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lakeland and the region
Centroid at 28.0057, -81.9688 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lakeland scores 3
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
8.3% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,436 rent vs county FMR
5.7
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: 78
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 54%Socioeconomic
- 76%Household composition
- 47%Racial/ethnic minority
- 94%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)
- 273Total filings over 17 yrs
- 2.40%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.3%Peak (2008)
- 12Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 33% 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
Cost burden runs 34% here against 45.8% across Polk County. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 2/10.
11% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Against the Polk County average of 3.9, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.9 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 273 filings here across 17 tracked years.
Filings peaked in 2008 at 3.3% of renter households. In a typical year about 2.4% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 8/10 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 most 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 12105010702
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12105010702?
Census tract 12105010702 in Lakeland 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 average rent in tract 12105010702?
Median gross rent is $1,436/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12105010702?
8.3% of residents in tract 12105010702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,963.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12105010702?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 54th, household 76th, minority 47th, housing 94th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12105010702?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 273 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 12105010702 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.40% of renter households, peaking at 3.3% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 12105010702 compare to Lakeland overall?
Tract 12105010702 scores 3/10, lower 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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4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
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/ 10 · Moderate
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