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Neighborhood · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally

Zion Hill Eviction Risk: Moderate , Tallahassee

Tract 12073002207 · Leon, FL · pop 2,207 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

Census tract 12073002207 covers part of the Zion Hill area of Tallahassee, FL, and scores 4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,207 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is state political climate at 1.5/10.

Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23% Stable renters 38% Owners 39%
Tract context
Occupied units1,025
Renter share60.5%
SVI overall0.63
Poverty rate13.7%
Median income$67,946

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Zion Hill
Very High
Within parent city
49 th percentile
Rank, 49th percentileLowHigh
#35 of 67 tracts In Tallahassee
Moderate
Within county
55 th percentile
Rank, 55th percentileLowHigh
#36 of 79 tracts In Leon
Elevated
Within state
56 th percentile
Rank, 56th percentileLowHigh
#2,265 of 5,122 tracts In Florida
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Tallahassee and the region

Centroid at 30.4989, -84.3157 · click any tract to drill in

Why Zion Hill scores 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
13.7% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$1,450 rent vs county FMR
6.0
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 Zion Hill compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Zion Hill risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.0This tracttract 0022074.0Tallahasseeparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 63

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)

  • 796Total filings over 13 yrs
  • 11.20%Avg annual filing rate
  • 14.7%Peak (2006)
  • 16Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2006 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 12073002207
Filings dropped 85% over the past 13 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Zion Hill. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Zion Hill

Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. The severe-burden share is 18%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Cost burden runs 38% here against 46.4% across Leon County. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 796 filings here across 13 tracked years.

Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 3/10. At $1,450 a month, rents run 12% over what the rest of Tallahassee commands.

The worst year on record was 2006, when 14.7% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 11.2% of renter households face a filing.

That is riskier than roughly 42% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 6.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Leon County average of 4.1 closely.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 12073002207

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12073002207?

Census tract 12073002207 in the Zion Hill neighborhood scores 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 12073002207?

Median gross rent is $1,450/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 12073002207?

13.7% of residents in tract 12073002207 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,207.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 12073002207?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 36th, household 63th, minority 57th, housing 86th.
Q5

Is tract 12073002207 considered part of Zion Hill?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 12073002207 fall within Zion Hill (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12073002207?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 796 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 12073002207 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.20% of renter households, peaking at 14.7% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 12073002207 compare to Tallahassee overall?

Tract 12073002207 scores 4/10, right in line with 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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