Within parent city
61
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally
Lakeland Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 12105011732 · Polk, FL · pop 4,182 · 68% of tract blocks fall in Lakeland
12105011732 is a census tract in Lakeland, FL. It scores 3.7/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,182 residents. Cost burden runs roughly two in three here against 45.8% across Polk County.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units1,508
Renter share36.5%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate13.2%
Median income$47,000
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
51
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
47
th percentile
Moderate
National
36
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lakeland and the region
Centroid at 28.0208, -81.9136 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lakeland scores 3.7
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
13.2% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$1,092 rent vs county FMR
3.2
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: 85
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 94%Socioeconomic
- 92%Household composition
- 63%Racial/ethnic minority
- 38%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)
- 687Total filings over 17 yrs
- 8.15%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.2%Peak (2007)
- 39Filings 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 severe-burden share is 32%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 2/10. At $1,092 a month, rents run 22% under what the rest of Lakeland commands.
Adults with no health insurance runs 21.8% against 11.3% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 687 evictions over 17 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2007, when 12.2% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 8.1% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 35th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.6/10. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.
It tracks the Polk County average of 3.9 closely.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 12105011732
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12105011732?
Census tract 12105011732 in Lakeland scores 3.7/10 (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 12105011732?
Median gross rent is $1,092/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12105011732?
13.2% of residents in tract 12105011732 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,182.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12105011732?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 92th, minority 63th, housing 38th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12105011732?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 687 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 12105011732 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.15% of renter households, peaking at 12.2% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 12105011732 compare to Lakeland overall?
Tract 12105011732 scores 3.7/10, 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.
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