Within parent city
89
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Gainesville Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 12001000600 · Alachua County, FL · pop 5,909 · 96% of tract blocks fall in Gainesville
Tract 12001000600 sits in Gainesville eviction risk, FL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.4/10. 48% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units1,846
Renter share59.7%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate24.4%
Median income$27,971
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
90
th percentile
Very High
National
70
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Gainesville and the region
Centroid at 29.6558, -82.2887 · click any tract to drill in
Why Gainesville scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Gainesville
7.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.4
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
24.4% poverty · this tract
6.1
Supply constraint
$978 rent vs county FMR
1.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Gainesville
2.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Gainesville
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Gainesville
4.0
How Gainesville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 96
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 96%Socioeconomic
- 73%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 89%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)
- 600Total filings over 8 yrs
- 10.28%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.5%Peak (2013)
- 60Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 23% over the past 8 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 339Total filings 2020-21
- 4.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 5.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.85×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Gainesville, FL as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Gainesville
Set annual rent against average income of $27,971 and the ratio lands at 42%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1.2/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
Average gross rent is $978, 25% below the Gainesville average. Disability prevalence runs 44.3% against 31.5% nationally.
The poverty rate is 24%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10. It sits 1.3 points above the Alachua County average of 4.1.
Court records carry 600 eviction filings across 8 observed years. Adults with no health insurance runs 19.1% against 11.3% nationally. The worst year on record was 2013, when 15.5% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 10.3% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 12001000600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12001000600?
Census tract 12001000600 in Gainesville scores 5.4/10 (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 12001000600?
Median gross rent is $978/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12001000600?
24.4% of residents in tract 12001000600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,909.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12001000600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 73th, minority 97th, housing 89th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12001000600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 600 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 12001000600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.28% of renter households, peaking at 15.5% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 12001000600 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.85× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Gainesville eviction risk, FL), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 12001000600 compare to Gainesville overall?
Tract 12001000600 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Gainesville at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Gainesville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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