Gillespie Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Sarasota
Tract 12115000401 · Sarasota, FL · pop 4,234 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
The Gillespie Park area of Sarasota anchors census tract 12115000401, which lands at 4.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 36th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
47% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,476 monthly, set against $57,327 in average yearly household income, roughly 31% of income at the averages. About 60% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across Sarasota and the region
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Why Gillespie Park scores 4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow Gillespie Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 48
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 64%Socioeconomic
- 16%Household composition
- 60%Racial/ethnic minority
- 42%Housing & transportation
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)
- 275Total filings over 5 yrs
- 4.76%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.3%Peak (2002)
- 32Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Gillespie Park. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
What drives eviction risk in Gillespie Park
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 8.6/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Sarasota, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Sarasota County average of 4.5 and in line with the Florida statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 275 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 4.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 8.3% of renter households in 2002.
The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 48th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
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