Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #61,558 of 84,120 nationally
Northwood Eviction Risk: Lower , Gainesville
Tract 12001001201 · Alachua County, FL · pop 2,885 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Tract 12001001201 sits in the Northwood area of Gainesville eviction risk, FL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.3/10. The severe-burden share is 24%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units1,373
Renter share28.2%
SVI overall0.23
Poverty rate8.0%
Median income$59,284
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
19
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
37
th percentile
Low
Within state
36
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Gainesville and the region
Centroid at 29.6958, -82.3764 · click any tract to drill in
Why Northwood scores 3.3
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
8.0% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,166 rent vs county FMR
2.4
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 Northwood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 23
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 39%Socioeconomic
- 24%Household composition
- 43%Racial/ethnic minority
- 15%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)
- 43Total filings over 8 yrs
- 1.35%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.5%Peak (2012)
- 9Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 8 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 16Total filings 2020-21
- 0.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.76×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
Within Northwood. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Northwood
Pulling hardest the other way is state political climate at 1.5/10. Against Alachua County at 50.9%, 61% of renters here are cost-burdened. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10.
On the softer side, economic stress reads 2/10. The filing record is not thin: 43 evictions over 8 years of observation.
It sits 0.8 points below the Alachua County average of 4.1. Average gross rent is $1,166, 10% below the Gainesville average. The worst year on record was 2012, when 2.5% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 1.3% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 27% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.1/10. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.
Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $59,284.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 12001001201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12001001201?
Census tract 12001001201 in the Northwood neighborhood scores 3.3/10 (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 12001001201?
Median gross rent is $1,166/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12001001201?
8.0% of residents in tract 12001001201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,885.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12001001201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 23th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 39th, household 24th, minority 43th, housing 15th.
Q5
Is tract 12001001201 considered part of Northwood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 12001001201 fall within Northwood (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12001001201?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 43 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 12001001201 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.35% of renter households, peaking at 2.5% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 12001001201 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.76× 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 12001001201 compare to Gainesville overall?
Tract 12001001201 scores 3.3/10, lower 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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