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Census Tract · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally

Gulf Gate Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 12115002004 · Sarasota, FL · pop 4,478 · 77% of tract blocks fall in Gulf Gate

Census tract 12115002004 covers part of Gulf Gate, FL, and scores 4.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 47%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31% Stable renters 14% Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units2,259
Renter share44.5%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate3.0%
Median income$62,760

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Gulf Gate
Very Low
Within county
74 th percentile
Rank, 74th percentileLowHigh
#33 of 122 tracts In Sarasota
Elevated
Within state
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#2,028 of 5,122 tracts In Florida
Elevated
National
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#45,786 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Gulf Gate and the region

Centroid at 27.2492, -82.5062 · click any tract to drill in

Why Gulf Gate scores 4.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Gulf Gate
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.5
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
3.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,915 rent vs county FMR
5.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Gulf Gate
9.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Gulf Gate
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Gulf Gate
7.7

How Gulf Gate compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Gulf Gate risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.2This tracttract 0020044.3Gulf Gateparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 52

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 48Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 1.41%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.6%Peak (2003)
  • 5Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 12115002004
Filings dropped 38% over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Gulf Gate

Cost burden runs around two-thirds here against 50.3% across Sarasota County. The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 9.4/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1/10.

Annualized rent equals 37% of average household income of $62,760, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.2/10.

Court records carry 48 eviction filings across 5 observed years. The worst year on record was 2003, when 2.6% of renter households were served. At $1,915 a month, rents run 8% over what the rest of Gulf Gate commands.

In a typical year about 1.4% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 46% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 5.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Poverty sits at 3%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

It tracks the Sarasota County average of 3.8 closely.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 12115002004

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12115002004?

Census tract 12115002004 in Gulf Gate scores 4.2/10 (Moderate 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 12115002004?

Median gross rent is $1,915/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 69% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 12115002004?

3.0% of residents in tract 12115002004 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,478.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 12115002004?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 24th, household 40th, minority 33th, housing 93th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12115002004?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 48 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 12115002004 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.41% of renter households, peaking at 2.6% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

How does tract 12115002004 compare to Gulf Gate overall?

Tract 12115002004 scores 4.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Gulf Gate at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Gulf Gate; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Gulf Gate

Top eight tracts in Gulf Gate ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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