Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #65,414 of 84,120 nationally
West Park Eviction Risk: Lower , Gainesville
Tract 12001001702 · Alachua County, FL · pop 5,524 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Tract 12001001702 sits in the West Park area of Gainesville eviction risk, FL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.1/10. It is home to 5,524 residents. 27% 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
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units2,388
Renter share16.9%
SVI overall0.40
Poverty rate11.3%
Median income$77,283
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
14
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
32
th percentile
Low
Within state
31
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Gainesville and the region
Centroid at 29.6703, -82.3973 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Park scores 3.1
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
11.3% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,310 rent vs county FMR
3.3
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 West Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 40
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 59%Socioeconomic
- 51%Household composition
- 32%Racial/ethnic minority
- 18%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)
- 50Total filings over 8 yrs
- 1.56%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.9%Peak (2017)
- 6Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 50% over the past 8 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 31Total filings 2020-21
- 0.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.78×Ratio to 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 West Park
The main counterweight is state political climate at 1.5/10. Cost burden runs 42% here against 50.9% across Alachua County. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10.
Against the Alachua County average of 4.1, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points. Running cool, economic stress reads 2.8/10.
The filing record is not thin: 50 evictions over 8 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2017, when 2.9% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 1.6% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 22% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Only 17% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Social vulnerability reads 4.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the FL average is 4.1, so this tract runs 1.0 points cooler.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. Average gross rent is $1,310, close to the Gainesville average.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 12001001702
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12001001702?
Census tract 12001001702 in the West Park neighborhood scores 3.1/10 (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 12001001702?
Median gross rent is $1,310/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12001001702?
11.3% of residents in tract 12001001702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,524.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12001001702?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 59th, household 51th, minority 32th, housing 18th.
Q5
Is tract 12001001702 considered part of West Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 12001001702 fall within West Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12001001702?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 50 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 12001001702 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.56% of renter households, peaking at 2.9% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 12001001702 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.78× 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 12001001702 compare to Gainesville overall?
Tract 12001001702 scores 3.1/10, 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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