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Neighborhood · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally

Wellswood Eviction Risk: Moderate , Tampa

Tract 12057002400 · Hillsborough, FL · pop 4,337 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

With a score of 4.8/10, tract 12057002400 in the Wellswood area of Tampa, FL reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,337 residents. The severe-burden share is 30%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25% Stable renters 25% Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units1,708
Renter share49.5%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate15.6%
Median income$60,256

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Wellswood
Moderate
Within parent city
58 th percentile
Rank, 58th percentileLowHigh
#44 of 104 tracts In Tampa
Elevated
Within county
69 th percentile
Rank, 69th percentileLowHigh
#104 of 333 tracts In Hillsborough
Elevated
Within state
76 th percentile
Rank, 76th percentileLowHigh
#1,236 of 5,122 tracts In Florida
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Tampa and the region

Centroid at 27.9895, -82.4774 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wellswood scores 4.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
15.6% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$1,406 rent vs county FMR
2.1
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 Wellswood compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Wellswood risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.8This tracttract 0024004.0Tampaparent city4.2Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 73

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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)

  • 885Total filings over 11 yrs
  • 8.94%Avg annual filing rate
  • 19.2%Peak (2001)
  • 48Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 12057002400
Filings dropped 56% over the past 11 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 205Total filings 2020-21
  • 2.8Avg monthly (observed)
  • 3.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.94×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-01-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Tacoma, WA as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Wellswood

Pulling hardest the other way is state political climate at 1.5/10. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.

Running cool, supply constraint reads 2.1/10. At $1,406 a month, rents run 17% under what the rest of Tampa commands.

Court records carry 885 eviction filings across 11 observed years. Adults with no health insurance runs 18.3% against 11.3% nationally.

Filings peaked in 2001 at 19.2% of renter households. 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 8.9% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #35,669 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 7.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Rent takes 30% or more of income for 50% of renters. It tracks the Hillsborough County average of 4.2 closely.

Annual rent works out to 28% of average household income of $60,256.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 12057002400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12057002400?

Census tract 12057002400 in the Wellswood neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (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 12057002400?

Median gross rent is $1,406/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 12057002400?

15.6% of residents in tract 12057002400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,337.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 12057002400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 62th, household 74th, minority 73th, housing 67th.
Q5

Is tract 12057002400 considered part of Wellswood?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 12057002400 fall within Wellswood (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12057002400?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 885 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 12057002400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.94% of renter households, peaking at 19.2% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 12057002400 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.94× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Tacoma, WA), 2020-2021.
Q8

How does tract 12057002400 compare to Tampa overall?

Tract 12057002400 scores 4.8/10, higher 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 12057002400 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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