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College Town Eviction Risk: Moderate , Tallahassee

Tract 12073002006 · Leon, FL · pop 4,384 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

With a score of 5.4/10, tract 12073002006 in the College Town area of Tallahassee, FL reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. The severe-burden share is 55%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 64% Stable renters 26% Owners 10%
Tract context
Occupied units2,149
Renter share89.9%
SVI overall0.48
Poverty rate46.1%
Median income$23,824

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
14 th percentile
Rank, 14th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 8 tracts In College Town
Very Low
Within parent city
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#23 of 67 tracts In Tallahassee
Elevated
Within county
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#23 of 79 tracts In Leon
Elevated
Within state
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#495 of 5,122 tracts In Florida
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Tallahassee and the region

Centroid at 30.4332, -84.3085 · click any tract to drill in

Why College Town scores 5.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Tallahassee
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.4
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
46.1% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,145 rent vs county FMR
3.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Tallahassee
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Tallahassee
5.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Tallahassee
3.5

How College Town compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
College Town risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.4This tracttract 0020064.0Tallahasseeparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 48

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)

  • 787Total filings over 13 yrs
  • 3.23%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.3%Peak (2006)
  • 58Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2006 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 12073002006
Filings dropped 53% over the past 13 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within College Town. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in College Town

71% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Leon County average of 46.4%. Annualized rent equals 58% of average household income of $23,824, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 46%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

This is renter territory: 90% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.

Against the Leon County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 787 filings here across 13 tracked years. Average gross rent is $1,145, 11% below the Tallahassee average.

The worst year on record was 2006, when 5.3% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 3.2% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 70% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

Social vulnerability reads 5.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 12073002006

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12073002006?

Census tract 12073002006 in the College Town neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (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 12073002006?

Median gross rent is $1,145/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 71% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 12073002006?

46.1% of residents in tract 12073002006 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,384.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 12073002006?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 1th, minority 55th, housing 74th.
Q5

Is tract 12073002006 considered part of College Town?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 12073002006 fall within College Town (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12073002006?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 787 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 12073002006 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.23% of renter households, peaking at 5.3% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 12073002006 compare to Tallahassee overall?

Tract 12073002006 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Tallahassee at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Tallahassee eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Tallahassee

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

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