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Census Tract · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally

Sanford Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 12117020901 · Seminole, FL · pop 4,911 · 81% of tract blocks fall in Sanford

Tract 12117020901 sits in Sanford eviction risk, FL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.8/10. Population here is 4,911. The severe-burden share is 42%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 56% Stable renters 24% Owners 20%
Tract context
Occupied units1,929
Renter share79.8%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate25.6%
Median income$40,156

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 18 tracts In Sanford
High
Within county
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#10 of 89 tracts In Seminole
High
Within state
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#259 of 5,122 tracts In Florida
Very High
National
76 th percentile
Rank, 76th percentileLowHigh
#20,506 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Sanford and the region

Centroid at 28.7760, -81.2828 · click any tract to drill in

Why Sanford scores 5.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Sanford
5.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.1
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
25.6% poverty · this tract
6.4
Supply constraint
$1,493 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Sanford
8.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Sanford
9.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Sanford
7.5

How Sanford compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Sanford risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.8This tracttract 0209014.4Sanfordparent city4.2Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 91

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Sanford

Cost burden runs 70% here against 52.5% across Seminole County. Annualized rent equals 45% of average household income of $40,156, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.1/10. 80% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.6/10.

Adults with no health insurance runs 26.6% against 11.3% nationally. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

Against the Seminole County average of 4.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.6 points. The poverty rate is 26%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

That is riskier than roughly 76% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 9.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the FL average is 4.1, so this tract runs 1.7 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

Average gross rent is $1,493, close to the Sanford average.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 12117020901

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12117020901?

Census tract 12117020901 in Sanford scores 5.8/10 (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 12117020901?

Median gross rent is $1,493/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 70% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 12117020901?

25.6% of residents in tract 12117020901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,911.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 12117020901?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 92th, minority 82th, housing 77th.
Q5

How does tract 12117020901 compare to Sanford overall?

Tract 12117020901 scores 5.8/10, higher than the parent city of Sanford at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sanford eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Sanford

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

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