Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #82,639 of 84,120 nationally
Merritt Island Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 12009069400 · Brevard, FL · pop 6,416 · 97% of tract blocks fall in Merritt Island
For landlords sizing up Merritt Island, census tract 12009069400 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 4.6/10. That is riskier than about 27% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 54% of renter households, a severe level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $142,891 a year. Renters make up 8% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.1
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units2,541
Renter share7.9%
SVI overall0.29
Poverty rate1.5%
Median income$142,891
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
1
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
0
th percentile
Very Low
National
2
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Merritt Island and the region
Centroid at 28.2119, -80.6395 · click any tract to drill in
Why Merritt Island scores 1.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Merritt Island
4.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.2
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
1.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Merritt Island
6.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Merritt Island
4.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Merritt Island
5.4
How Merritt Island compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 29
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 11%Socioeconomic
- 48%Household composition
- 25%Racial/ethnic minority
- 61%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)
- 39Total filings over 10 yrs
- 1.70%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.0%Peak (2014)
- 3Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 50% over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Merritt Island
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 6.6/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Merritt Island, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Brevard County average of 4.6 and below the Florida statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 29th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 39 eviction filings here over 10 tracked years, with about 1.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.0% of renter households in 2014.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 12009069400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12009069400?
Census tract 12009069400 in Merritt Island scores 1.1/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 12009069400?
1.5% of residents in tract 12009069400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,416.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 12009069400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 29th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 11th, household 48th, minority 25th, housing 61th.
Q4
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12009069400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 39 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 12009069400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.70% of renter households, peaking at 3.0% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q5
How does tract 12009069400 compare to Merritt Island overall?
Tract 12009069400 scores 1.1/10, lower than the parent city of Merritt Island at 2.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Merritt Island; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Merritt Island
Top eight tracts in Merritt Island ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · FL
12009069700
3.6
/ 10 · Low
Tract · FL
12009071602
3.1
/ 10 · Low
Tract · FL
12009069907
3
/ 10 · Low
Tract · FL
12009069802
2.7
/ 10 · Low
Tract · FL
River Ridge
2.7
/ 10 · Low
Tract · FL
12009069200
2.6
/ 10 · Low
Tract · FL
12009069300
2.5
/ 10 · Low
Tract · FL
12009069100
1.9
/ 10 · Very Low
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