Within parent city
56
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #46,312 of 84,120 nationally
Sarasota Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 12115000404 · Sarasota, FL · pop 1,271 · 96% of tract blocks fall in Sarasota
With a score of 4.4/10, tract 12115000404 in Sarasota ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 1,271 residents. It lands near the 21st percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
38% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,070 monthly, set against $54,868 in average yearly household income, roughly 23% of income at the averages. About 20% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units798
Renter share20.3%
SVI overall0.30
Poverty rate6.7%
Median income$54,868
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
89
th percentile
High
Within state
60
th percentile
Elevated
National
45
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sarasota and the region
Centroid at 27.3462, -82.4919 · 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
6.7% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,070 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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: 30
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 20%Socioeconomic
- 60%Household composition
- 15%Racial/ethnic minority
- 43%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)
- 12Total filings over 5 yrs
- 1.98%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.7%Peak (2015)
- 1Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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
What moves this score most 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 about the same as the Sarasota County average of 4.5 and below the Florida statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 30th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 12 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 2.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.7% of renter households in 2015.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 12115000404
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12115000404?
Census tract 12115000404 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 12115000404?
Median gross rent is $1,070/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12115000404?
6.7% of residents in tract 12115000404 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,271.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12115000404?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 30th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 60th, minority 15th, housing 43th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12115000404?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 12 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 12115000404 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.98% of renter households, peaking at 4.7% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 12115000404 compare to Sarasota overall?
Tract 12115000404 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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