Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally
Margate Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 12011020501 · Broward, FL · pop 5,243 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
How risky is the Margate neighborhood of Margate for landlords? Census tract 12011020501 scores 5.6/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 62% of US census tracts.
46% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 29% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,724 monthly, set against $75,388 in average yearly household income, roughly 27% of income at the averages. Renters make up 20% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units1,644
Renter share20.4%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate9.1%
Median income$75,388
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
8
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
35
th percentile
Low
Within state
34
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Margate and the region
Centroid at 26.2262, -80.2142 · click any tract to drill in
Why Margate scores 2.8
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
9.1% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,724 rent vs county FMR
2.2
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: 91
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 89%Socioeconomic
- 58%Household composition
- 89%Racial/ethnic minority
- 91%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)
- 89Total filings over 4 yrs
- 5.57%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.9%Peak (2016)
- 35Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 67% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 91Total filings 2020-21
- 1.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.63×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Fort Lauderdale as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Margate. 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 about the same as 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 89 eviction filings here over 4 tracked years, with about 5.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 6.9% of renter households in 2016.
The tract is Black and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 91st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 12011020501
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12011020501?
Census tract 12011020501 in the Margate neighborhood scores 2.8/10 (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 12011020501?
Median gross rent is $1,724/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12011020501?
9.1% of residents in tract 12011020501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,243.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12011020501?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 58th, minority 89th, housing 91th.
Q5
Is tract 12011020501 considered part of Margate?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 12011020501 fall within Margate (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12011020501?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 89 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 12011020501 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.57% of renter households, peaking at 6.9% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 12011020501 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.63× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Fort Lauderdale eviction risk), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 12011020501 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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