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Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally

Kincaid Hills Eviction Risk: Moderate , Gainesville

Tract 12001000700 · Alachua County, FL · pop 7,114 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

Tract 12001000700 sits in the Kincaid Hills area of Gainesville eviction risk, FL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.4/10. It is home to 7,114 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is state political climate at 1.5/10.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 20% Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units2,427
Renter share35.8%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate32.8%
Median income$42,063

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Kincaid Hills
Moderate
Within parent city
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#4 of 38 tracts In Gainesville
Very High
Within county
68 th percentile
Rank, 68th percentileLowHigh
#19 of 58 tracts In Alachua County
Elevated
Within state
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#495 of 5,122 tracts In Florida
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Gainesville and the region

Centroid at 29.6280, -82.2958 · click any tract to drill in

Why Kincaid Hills scores 5.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
32.8% poverty · this tract
8.2
Supply constraint
$1,034 rent vs county FMR
1.5
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 Kincaid Hills compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Kincaid Hills risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.4This tracttract 0007004.0Gainesvilleparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 92

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

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)

  • 409Total filings over 8 yrs
  • 5.07%Avg annual filing rate
  • 8.5%Peak (2002)
  • 34Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 12001000700
Filings dropped 63% over the past 8 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 264Total filings 2020-21
  • 3.6Avg monthly (observed)
  • 3.9Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.94×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-01-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Gainesville, FL as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Kincaid Hills

The poverty rate is 33%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.5/10.

The severe-burden share is 17%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the high side, economic stress reads 8.2/10. It sits 1.3 points above the Alachua County average of 4.1.

At $1,034 a month, rents run 20% under what the rest of Gainesville commands. Cost burden runs 45% here against 50.9% across Alachua County. Court records carry 409 eviction filings across 8 observed years.

The worst year on record was 2002, when 8.5% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 5.1% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 9.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 12001000700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12001000700?

Census tract 12001000700 in the Kincaid Hills neighborhood 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 12001000700?

Median gross rent is $1,034/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 12001000700?

32.8% of residents in tract 12001000700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,114.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 12001000700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 96th, minority 79th, housing 81th.
Q5

Is tract 12001000700 considered part of Kincaid Hills?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 12001000700 fall within Kincaid Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12001000700?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 409 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 12001000700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.07% of renter households, peaking at 8.5% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 12001000700 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.94× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Gainesville eviction risk, FL), 2020-2021.
Q8

How does tract 12001000700 compare to Gainesville overall?

Tract 12001000700 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.
Sibling tracts

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