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Census Tract · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally

Melbourne Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 12009064124 · Brevard, FL · pop 4,730

Census tract 12009064124 covers part of Melbourne, FL, and scores 5/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,730. The main counterweight is eviction-process difficulty at 1.3/10.

Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13% Stable renters 15% Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units1,976
Renter share27.4%
SVI overall0.56
Poverty rate15.0%
Median income$63,681

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
57 th percentile
Rank, 57th percentileLowHigh
#11 of 24 tracts In Melbourne
Elevated
Within county
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#21 of 147 tracts In Brevard
High
Within state
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#1,051 of 5,122 tracts In Florida
High
National
61 th percentile
Rank, 61st percentileLowHigh
#32,842 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Melbourne and the region

Centroid at 28.1672, -80.6603 · click any tract to drill in

Why Melbourne scores 5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Melbourne
4.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.2
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
15.0% poverty · this tract
3.8
Supply constraint
$1,237 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Melbourne
7.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Melbourne
8.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Melbourne
7.1

How Melbourne compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Melbourne risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.05.0This tracttract 064124Melbourne: 4.04.0Melbourneparent cityCounty: 3.93.9Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.14.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 56

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)

  • 254Total filings over 10 yrs
  • 5.25%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.7%Peak (2016)
  • 18Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 120090641242002: 24 filings (2.30/100 renter HHs)2003: 28 filings (2.69/100 renter HHs)2004: 24 filings (2.30/100 renter HHs)2011: 24 filings (7.08/100 renter HHs)2012: 13 filings (3.83/100 renter HHs)2014: 30 filings (8.85/100 renter HHs)2015: 32 filings (9.44/100 renter HHs)2016: 33 filings (6.68/100 renter HHs)2017: 28 filings (5.67/100 renter HHs)2018: 18 filings (3.64/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 25% over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts

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Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Melbourne

Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.1/10. 12% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

At $1,237 a month, rents run 19% under what the rest of Melbourne commands. Against the Brevard County average of 3.9, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 254 filings here across 10 tracked years.

Filings peaked in 2016 at 6.7% of renter households. In a typical year about 5.2% 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 6.1/10. Statewide the FL average is 4.1, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 12009064124

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12009064124?

Census tract 12009064124 in Melbourne 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 12009064124?

Median gross rent is $1,237/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 12009064124?

15.0% of residents in tract 12009064124 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,730.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 12009064124?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 47th, minority 23th, housing 37th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12009064124?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 254 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 12009064124 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.25% of renter households, peaking at 6.7% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

How does tract 12009064124 compare to Melbourne overall?

Tract 12009064124 scores 5/10, higher than the parent city of Melbourne at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Melbourne eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Melbourne

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

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