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Neighborhood · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally

Idylwild Eviction Risk: Moderate , Gainesville

Tract 12001000808 · Alachua County, FL · pop 3,860 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

Tract 12001000808 sits in the Idylwild area of Gainesville eviction risk, FL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5/10. This is renter territory: 87% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 43% Stable renters 44% Owners 13%
Tract context
Occupied units1,596
Renter share87.0%
SVI overall0.76
Poverty rate23.2%
Median income$52,071

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Idylwild
Very Low
Within parent city
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#21 of 38 tracts In Gainesville
Moderate
Within county
65 th percentile
Rank, 65th percentileLowHigh
#21 of 58 tracts In Alachua County
Elevated
Within state
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#1,051 of 5,122 tracts In Florida
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Gainesville and the region

Centroid at 29.6274, -82.3335 · click any tract to drill in

Why Idylwild scores 5

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
23.2% poverty · this tract
5.8
Supply constraint
$1,205 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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 Idylwild compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Idylwild risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.0This tracttract 0008084.0Gainesvilleparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 76

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)

  • 539Total filings over 8 yrs
  • 5.27%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.7%Peak (2014)
  • 63Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 12001000808
Filings climbed 19% over the past 8 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 814Total filings 2020-21
  • 11.2Avg monthly (observed)
  • 6.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.86×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-01-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Idylwild. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Idylwild

The severe-burden share is 25%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The main counterweight is state political climate at 1.5/10.

Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10. The poverty rate is 23%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.6/10.

Against the Alachua County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 539 filings here across 8 tracked years.

The worst year on record was 2014, when 5.7% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 5.3% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 61% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.8/10. Statewide the FL average is 4.1, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 12001000808

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12001000808?

Census tract 12001000808 in the Idylwild neighborhood scores 5/10 (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 12001000808?

Median gross rent is $1,205/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 12001000808?

23.2% of residents in tract 12001000808 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,860.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 12001000808?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 76th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 27th, minority 70th, housing 92th.
Q5

Is tract 12001000808 considered part of Idylwild?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 12001000808 fall within Idylwild (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12001000808?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 539 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 12001000808 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.27% of renter households, peaking at 5.7% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 12001000808 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.86× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Gainesville eviction risk, FL), 2020-2021.
Q8

How does tract 12001000808 compare to Gainesville overall?

Tract 12001000808 scores 5/10, 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

Highest-risk tracts in Gainesville

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

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