Within parent city
44
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #46,312 of 84,120 nationally
Sarasota Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 12115000503 · Sarasota, FL · pop 3,186 · 45% of tract blocks fall in Sarasota
Census tract 12115000503 belongs to Sarasota, Florida. It is home to 3,186 residents and scores 4.7/10, a moderate reading for landlords. It lands near the 29th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 47% of renter households, a severe level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,378 a month against an average household income of $56,522 a year, roughly 29% of income at the averages. Renters make up 29% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units1,278
Renter share28.7%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate6.2%
Median income$56,522
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
92
th percentile
Very High
Within state
60
th percentile
Elevated
National
45
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sarasota and the region
Centroid at 27.3234, -82.5055 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sarasota scores 3.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Sarasota
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.5
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
6.2% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,378 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Sarasota
8.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Sarasota
8.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Sarasota
7.3
How Sarasota compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 83
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 79%Socioeconomic
- 69%Household composition
- 32%Racial/ethnic minority
- 93%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)
- 132Total filings over 5 yrs
- 5.48%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.4%Peak (2002)
- 20Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 51% over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sarasota
The score leans hardest on 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 about the same as 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 132 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 5.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 9.4% of renter households in 2002.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 83rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 12115000503
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12115000503?
Census tract 12115000503 in Sarasota 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 12115000503?
Median gross rent is $1,378/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12115000503?
6.2% of residents in tract 12115000503 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,186.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12115000503?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 69th, minority 32th, housing 93th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12115000503?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 132 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 12115000503 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.48% of renter households, peaking at 9.4% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 12115000503 compare to Sarasota overall?
Tract 12115000503 scores 3.7/10, higher than the parent city of Sarasota at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sarasota; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Sarasota
Top eight tracts in Sarasota ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · FL
12115001000
5.7
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · FL
Gillespie Park
5.7
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · FL
Rosemary District
5.6
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · FL
12115000405
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · FL
Towles Court
4.3
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · FL
Avondale
4.2
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · FL
Gillespie Park
4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · FL
Rosemary District
3.7
/ 10 · Low
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