Neighborhood · Ranked #44,239 of 84,120 nationally
Matoaka Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 12081000805 ·
Manatee, FL · pop 7,836 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
Tract 12081000805 sits in the Matoaka Heights area of Manatee County, FL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.3/10. 54% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30%Stable renters 7%Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units3,526
Renter share37.4%
SVI overall0.67
Poverty rate11.0%
Median income$66,667
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100th percentile
#1 of 3 tracts In Matoaka Heights
Very High
Within county
59th percentile
#39 of 93 tracts In Manatee
Elevated
Within state
63th percentile
#1,882 of 5,122 tracts In Florida
Elevated
National
47th percentile
#44,239 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Manatee and the region
Centroid at 27.4196, -82.5289 · click any tract to drill in
Why Matoaka Heights scores 4.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
State baseline
1.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.2
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
11.0% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,834 rent vs county FMR
4.9
Rent control risk
State baseline
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Matoaka Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 67
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
70%Socioeconomic
65%Household composition
49%Racial/ethnic minority
56%Housing & transportation
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)
111Total filings over 4 yrs
12.14%Avg annual filing rate
25.7%Peak (2003)
30Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year2002 to 2016
Filings climbed 30% over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Matoaka Heights. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Cost burden runs 81% here against 53.5% across Manatee County. Pulling hardest the other way is state political climate at 1.5/10.
Set annual rent against average income of $66,667 and the ratio lands at 33%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Well under the midpoint, local political climate reads 1.5/10. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.
The filing record is not thin: 111 evictions over 4 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2003 at 25.7% of renter households.
In a typical year about 12.1% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 47th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. It tracks the Manatee County average of 4.1 closely. Average gross rent runs $1,834 a month.
37% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
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 12081000805
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12081000805?
Census tract 12081000805 in the Matoaka Heights neighborhood scores 4.3/10 (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 12081000805?
Median gross rent is $1,834/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 81% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12081000805?
11.0% of residents in tract 12081000805 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,836.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12081000805?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 70th, household 65th, minority 49th, housing 56th.
Q5
Is tract 12081000805 considered part of Matoaka Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 12081000805 fall within Matoaka Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12081000805?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 111 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 12081000805 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.14% of renter households, peaking at 25.7% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.