Within parent city
25
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally
Margate Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 12011020205 · Broward, FL · pop 6,485 · 91% of tract blocks fall in Margate
Tract 12011020205 sits in Margate, FL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4/10. It is home to 6,485 residents. 41% 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
4
Moderate
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
49
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
56
th percentile
Elevated
National
42
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Margate and the region
Centroid at 26.2655, -80.2164 · click any tract to drill in
Why Margate scores 4
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
What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 9.2/10. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.2/10. Annualized rent equals 33% of average household income of $70,556, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.
Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. The filing record is not thin: 125 evictions over 4 years of observation. Average gross rent is $1,959, 12% above the Margate average.
Filings peaked in 2016 at 5.0% of renter households. In a typical year about 20.3% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 42% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. 62% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.
It tracks the Broward County average of 4.3 closely.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 12011020205
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12011020205?
Census tract 12011020205 in Margate scores 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 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.
Tract · FL
Margate
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · FL
Coconut Creek
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · FL
Margate
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · FL
12011020502
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · FL
Margate
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · FL
Margate
4.5
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · FL
Margate
4.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · FL
Margate
4.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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