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Census Tract · Ranked #28,095 of 84,120 nationally

Leesburg Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 12069030601 · Lake, FL · pop 5,118 · 59% of tract blocks fall in Leesburg

Census tract 12069030601 covers part of Leesburg, FL, and scores 5.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,118. Severe burden reaches 49%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11% Stable renters 3% Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units2,432
Renter share14.5%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate13.4%
Median income$49,545

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 11 tracts In Leesburg
Elevated
Within county
89 th percentile
Rank, 89th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 75 tracts In Lake
High
Within state
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#809 of 5,122 tracts In Florida
High
National
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#28,095 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Leesburg and the region

Centroid at 28.8272, -81.8810 · click any tract to drill in

Why Leesburg scores 5.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Leesburg
3.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.0
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
13.4% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$1,085 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Leesburg
9.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Leesburg
8.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Leesburg
8.1

How Leesburg compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Leesburg risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.3This tracttract 0306014.2Leesburgparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 83

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

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)

  • 371Total filings over 13 yrs
  • 6.07%Avg annual filing rate
  • 12.5%Peak (2013)
  • 34Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2006 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 12069030601
Filings climbed 100% over the past 13 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Leesburg

78% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Lake County average of 47.4%. What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 9.1/10. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10.

Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. It sits 1.3 points above the Lake County average of 4.0. Court records carry 371 eviction filings across 13 observed years.

Average gross rent is $1,085, 14% below the Leesburg average. The worst year on record was 2013, when 12.5% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 6.1% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 67th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 14% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

Social vulnerability reads 8.5/10 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.

Frequently asked

About tract 12069030601

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12069030601?

Census tract 12069030601 in Leesburg scores 5.3/10 (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 12069030601?

Median gross rent is $1,085/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 78% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 12069030601?

13.4% of residents in tract 12069030601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,118.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 12069030601?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 84th, minority 43th, housing 84th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12069030601?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 371 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 12069030601 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.07% of renter households, peaking at 12.5% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

How does tract 12069030601 compare to Leesburg overall?

Tract 12069030601 scores 5.3/10, higher than the parent city of Leesburg at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Leesburg; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Leesburg

Top eight tracts in Leesburg ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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