Within parent city
17
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #60,063 of 84,120 nationally
Margate Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 12011020205 · Broward, FL · pop 6,485 · 91% of tract blocks fall in Margate
Census tract 12011020205 belongs to Margate in Broward County, Florida. It is home to 6,485 residents and scores 5.8/10, a moderate reading for landlords. It lands near the 69th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 62% of renter households, a severe level, and 41% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,959 monthly, set against $70,556 in average yearly household income, roughly 33% of income at the averages. About 25% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units2,788
Renter share25.3%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate9.4%
Median income$70,556
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
37
th percentile
Low
Within state
38
th percentile
Low
National
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Margate and the region
Centroid at 26.2655, -80.2164 · click any tract to drill in
Why Margate scores 2.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Margate
6.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.5
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
9.4% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,959 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Margate
9.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Margate
5.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Margate
7.5
How Margate compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 73
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 69%Socioeconomic
- 64%Household composition
- 75%Racial/ethnic minority
- 65%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)
- 125Total filings over 4 yrs
- 20.26%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.0%Peak (2016)
- 49Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 88% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 362Total filings 2020-21
- 6.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.58×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Fort Lauderdale as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Margate
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 9.2/10. 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 Margate, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Broward County average of 5.4 and above the Florida statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 125 eviction filings here over 4 tracked years, with about 20.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 5.0% of renter households in 2016.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 73rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 12011020205
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12011020205?
Census tract 12011020205 in Margate scores 2.9/10 (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 12011020205?
Median gross rent is $1,959/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12011020205?
9.4% of residents in tract 12011020205 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,485.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12011020205?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 69th, household 64th, minority 75th, housing 65th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12011020205?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 125 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 12011020205 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 20.26% of renter households, peaking at 5.0% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 12011020205 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.58× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Fort Lauderdale eviction risk), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 12011020205 compare to Margate overall?
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Margate
Top eight tracts in Margate ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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