Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
South Seminole Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , Tampa
Tract 12057002300 · Hillsborough, FL · pop 2,949 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Tract 12057002300 sits in the South Seminole Heights area of Tampa eviction risk, FL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. It is home to 2,949 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is state political climate at 1.5/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units1,451
Renter share37.8%
SVI overall0.29
Poverty rate5.8%
Median income$93,942
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
9
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
17
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
28
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Tampa and the region
Centroid at 27.9874, -82.4644 · click any tract to drill in
Why South Seminole Heights scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Tampa
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.3
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
5.8% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,579 rent vs county FMR
3.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Tampa
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Tampa
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Tampa
3.5
How South Seminole Heights 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.
- 31%Socioeconomic
- 8%Household composition
- 46%Racial/ethnic minority
- 58%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 54%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 433Total filings over 11 yrs
- 7.60%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.0%Peak (2005)
- 14Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 72% over the past 11 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 74Total filings 2020-21
- 1.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.63×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Tacoma, WA as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in South Seminole Heights
Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. Against Hillsborough County at 51.5%, 42% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Running cool, economic stress reads 1.5/10. It sits 1.2 points below the Hillsborough County average of 4.2.
12% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 433 filings here across 11 tracked years.
The worst year on record was 2005, when 12.0% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Tampa. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
In a typical year about 7.6% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.6/10.
Statewide the FL average is 4.1, so this tract runs 1.1 points cooler.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 12057002300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12057002300?
Census tract 12057002300 in the South Seminole Heights neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 12057002300?
Median gross rent is $1,579/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12057002300?
5.8% of residents in tract 12057002300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,949.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12057002300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 29th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 31th, household 8th, minority 46th, housing 58th.
Q5
Is tract 12057002300 considered part of South Seminole Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 12057002300 fall within South Seminole Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12057002300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 433 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 12057002300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.60% of renter households, peaking at 12.0% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 12057002300 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 (Tacoma, WA), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 12057002300 compare to Tampa overall?
Tract 12057002300 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Tampa at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Tampa eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 12057002300 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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