Within county
84
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #58,384 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 12109021301 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 12109021301 · St. Johns, FL · pop 8,738
Eviction risk in St. Johns centers on tract 12109021301, which scores 3.6/10 (Lower tier) and is home to 8,738 residents. On the national scale it ranks #78,556 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 42% of renter households, a severe level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,178 a month while the average household earns $70,022 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. About 28% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units3,127
Renter share27.6%
SVI overall0.74
Poverty rate8.0%
Median income$70,022
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
41
th percentile
Moderate
National
31
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across St. Johns and the region
Centroid at 29.8403, -81.3465 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 12109021301 scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
1.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.7
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
8.0% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,178 rent vs county FMR
1.8
Rent control risk
State baseline
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 12109021301 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 74
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 60%Socioeconomic
- 60%Household composition
- 33%Racial/ethnic minority
- 94%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)
- 361Total filings over 5 yrs
- 8.68%Avg annual filing rate
- 13.5%Peak (2006)
- 42Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 61% over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 12109021301
The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at $1/10. 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 set by Florida eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the St. Johns County average of 3.9 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 74th 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 361 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 8.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 13.5% of renter households in 2006.
For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 12109021301
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12109021301?
Census tract 12109021301 in St. Johns scores 3/10 (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 12109021301?
Median gross rent is $1,178/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12109021301?
8.0% of residents in tract 12109021301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 8,738.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12109021301?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 60th, minority 33th, housing 94th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12109021301?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 361 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 12109021301 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.68% of renter households, peaking at 13.5% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
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