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

Beville Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Gainesville

Tract 12001001605 · Alachua County, FL · pop 8,840 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

With a score of 5.4/10, tract 12001001605 in the Beville Heights area of Gainesville, FL reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. 44% 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 49% Stable renters 21% Owners 30%
Tract context
Occupied units4,025
Renter share69.5%
SVI overall0.49
Poverty rate39.6%
Median income$35,680

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Beville Heights
Very High
Within parent city
54 th percentile
Rank, 54th percentileLowHigh
#18 of 38 tracts In Gainesville
Moderate
Within county
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#10 of 58 tracts In Alachua County
High
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 29.6490, -82.3932 · click any tract to drill in

Why Beville Heights 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
39.6% poverty · this tract
9.9
Supply constraint
$1,261 rent vs county FMR
3.0
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 Beville Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Beville Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.4This tracttract 0016054.0Gainesvilleparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 49

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

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 734Total filings 2020-21
  • 10.1Avg monthly (observed)
  • 8.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.26×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-01-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Beville Heights. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Beville Heights

Cost burden runs 70% here against 50.9% across Alachua County. The dominant input is economic stress at 9.9/10. The poverty rate is 40%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Annualized rent equals 42% of average household income of $35,680, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

This is renter territory: 70% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10.

Against the Alachua County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points. Nationally it ranks #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the FL average is 4.1, so this tract runs 1.3 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

Average gross rent is $1,261, close to the Gainesville average.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 12001001605

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12001001605?

Census tract 12001001605 in the Beville Heights 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 12001001605?

Median gross rent is $1,261/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 70% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 12001001605?

39.6% of residents in tract 12001001605 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 8,840.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 12001001605?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 49th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 70th, household 1th, minority 54th, housing 82th.
Q5

Is tract 12001001605 considered part of Beville Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 12001001605 fall within Beville Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 12001001605 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.26× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Gainesville eviction risk, FL), 2020-2021.
Q7

How does tract 12001001605 compare to Gainesville overall?

Tract 12001001605 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

Highest-risk tracts in Gainesville

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

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