Lakeland Eviction Risk: Lower

The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Severe burden reaches 27%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Annualized rent equals 34% of average household income of $44,191, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 2/10. Average gross rent is $1,238, 11% below the Lakeland average.

Nationally it ranks #59,654 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Polk County average of 3.9 closely.

52% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.