Within parent city
97
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally
Lakeland Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 12105010800 · Polk, FL · pop 3,177
12105010800 is a census tract in Lakeland, FL. It scores 4.7/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,177 residents. Severe burden reaches 28%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 44%
Tract context
Occupied units1,394
Renter share56.0%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate31.6%
Median income$51,750
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
77
th percentile
High
Within state
72
th percentile
Elevated
National
55
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lakeland and the region
Centroid at 28.0365, -81.9666 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lakeland scores 4.7
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
31.6% poverty · this tract
7.9
Supply constraint
$1,146 rent vs county FMR
3.6
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: 94
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 79%Socioeconomic
- 92%Household composition
- 64%Racial/ethnic minority
- 98%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)
- 899Total filings over 17 yrs
- 5.64%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.7%Peak (2001)
- 20Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 66% 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
Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. The poverty rate is 32%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Well under the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 2/10.
Against Polk County at 45.8%, 52% of renters here are cost-burdened. At $1,146 a month, rents run 18% under what the rest of Lakeland commands.
Court records carry 899 eviction filings across 17 observed years. It sits 0.8 points above the Polk County average of 3.9. Filings peaked in 2001 at 8.7% of renter households.
In a typical year about 5.6% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 55th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.5/10. 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 12105010800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12105010800?
Census tract 12105010800 in Lakeland scores 4.7/10 (Moderate 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 12105010800?
Median gross rent is $1,146/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12105010800?
31.6% of residents in tract 12105010800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,177.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12105010800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 92th, minority 64th, housing 98th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12105010800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 899 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 12105010800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.64% of renter households, peaking at 8.7% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 12105010800 compare to Lakeland overall?
Tract 12105010800 scores 4.7/10, 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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12105011203
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
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