2 census tracts · pop 8,324 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.3/10
· range 5–5.6
Gillespie Park is a 2-tract neighborhood of Sarasota, FL and houses 8,324 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 5.3/10, in the Moderate tier. 56% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, well clear of the Sarasota rate of 34.8%.
Severe burden reaches 25%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. What pushes the score up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.6/10. Annualized rent equals 32% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with.
Running cool is eviction-process difficulty, at 1.5/10. This is a renter market: 66% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
At $1,268 a month, rents sit 25% under what the rest of Sarasota commands. Running hot is rent-regulation exposure at 8/10. The poverty rate is 19%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Filings are well documented here: 732 across 2 observed tracts. Filing activity peaked in 2002 at 15.1% of renter households.
The most recent observed rate, 4.9% in 2018, is well off that peak. That places it #3 of 7 neighborhoods in Sarasota. The closest comparables inside the same city are Avondale and Rosemary District.
Social vulnerability runs high at 7.6/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.
With little internal variation, 5.3/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Gillespie Park vs SarasotaHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority77%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport64%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Gillespie Park
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
732Total filings (sum)
7.25%Avg annual filing rate
15.1%Peak year (2002)
4.83%Latest filed (2018)
Frequently asked
About Gillespie Park
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Gillespie Park?
Gillespie Park scores 5.3/10 (Moderate tier) across 2 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Gillespie Park compare to Sarasota overall?
Gillespie Park scores 1.1 points higher than Sarasota overall (4.2/10). Renters spend 56% of income on rent vs 35% citywide. Average rent: $1,268 vs $1,684.
Q3
What is the average rent in Gillespie Park?
Average gross rent in Gillespie Park is $1,268/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Gillespie Park residents are renters?
66% of Gillespie Park households are renter-occupied (vs 43% in Sarasota). The neighborhood has 8,324 residents.
Q5
Is Gillespie Park a high social-vulnerability area?
Gillespie Park sits in the 73rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Gillespie Park have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Gillespie Park is census tract 12115000300 (score 5.6/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5 to 5.6, a spread of 0.6 points.
Q7
How safe is Gillespie Park for landlords?
Gillespie Park carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.3/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Sarasota as a whole (4.2/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Gillespie Park?
Gillespie Park has 8,776 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (45.7%), White (non-Hispanic) (30.7%), Hispanic / Latino (17.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.