The Landlings Eviction Risk: Moderate , Fort Lauderdale

Annualized rent equals 45% of average household income of $66,726, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. 27% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Average gross rent is $2,500, 35% above the Fort Lauderdale average. The main counterweight is state political climate at 1.5/10. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.2/10. The filing record is not thin: 29 evictions over 4 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2002, when 3.1% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 2.3% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #45,786 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 14% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

Social vulnerability reads 3.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.