3 census tracts · pop 10,343 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.8/10
· range 3.6–4
Pelican Bay is a 3-tract neighborhood of Daytona Beach, FL and houses 10,343 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 3.8/10, in the Lower tier. Cost burden runs 45% against 34.7% citywide, putting Pelican Bay 10.0% over its own city.
The severe-burden share is 23%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. The clearest offset is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.5/10. Filings are well documented here: 162 across 3 observed tracts.
On the softer side is rent-regulation exposure, at 3/10. At $1,508 a month, rents sit 14% over what the rest of Daytona Beach commands.
The worst year on record was 2018, when filings touched 5.9% of renter households. Judgments average 1.9% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
Its 3 tracts score within 0.4 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses. Annual rent works out to 28% of average household income of $64,273.
43% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
With little internal variation, 3.8/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
3 tracts · population-weighted
Pelican Bay vs Daytona BeachHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority42%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport31%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Pelican Bay
Aggregated across 3 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
162Total filings (sum)
3.07%Avg annual filing rate
5.9%Peak year (2018)
3.17%Latest filed (2018)
Frequently asked
About Pelican Bay
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Pelican Bay?
Pelican Bay scores 3.8/10 (Lower tier) across 3 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Pelican Bay compare to Daytona Beach overall?
Pelican Bay scores 0.2 points higher than Daytona Beach overall (3.6/10). Renters spend 45% of income on rent vs 35% citywide. Average rent: $1,508 vs $1,328.
Q3
What is the average rent in Pelican Bay?
Average gross rent in Pelican Bay is $1,508/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Pelican Bay residents are renters?
43% of Pelican Bay households are renter-occupied (vs 53% in Daytona Beach). The neighborhood has 10,343 residents.
Q5
Is Pelican Bay a high social-vulnerability area?
Pelican Bay sits in the 47th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Pelican Bay have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Pelican Bay is census tract 12127082411 (score 4/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.6 to 4, a spread of 0.4 points.
Q7
How safe is Pelican Bay for landlords?
Pelican Bay carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.8/10). Pop-weighted across 3 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Daytona Beach as a whole (3.6/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Pelican Bay?
Pelican Bay has 9,872 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (71.8%), Black (non-Hispanic) (11.6%), Hispanic / Latino (7.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
