Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #79,124 of 84,120 nationally
Sewall's Point Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 12085000502 · Martin, FL · pop 1,922 · 87% of tract blocks fall in Sewall's Point
For landlords sizing up Sewall's Point, census tract 12085000502 carries a lower eviction-risk score of 2.7/10. On the national scale it ranks #83,216 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 7% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 7% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,688 a month while the average household earns $126,268 a year, roughly 26% of income at the averages. About 6% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 94%
Tract context
Occupied units900
Renter share6.0%
SVI overall0.01
Poverty rate1.9%
Median income$126,268
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
7
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
5
th percentile
Very Low
National
6
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sewall's Point and the region
Centroid at 27.1941, -80.1975 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sewall's Point scores 1.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Sewall's Point
4.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.8
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
1.9% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,688 rent vs county FMR
10.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Sewall's Point
3.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Sewall's Point
2.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Sewall's Point
2.6
How Sewall's Point compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 1
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 3%Socioeconomic
- 34%Household composition
- 17%Racial/ethnic minority
- 1%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)
- 2Total filings over 1 yrs
- 3.92%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.9%Peak (2016)
- 2Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sewall's Point
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Sewall's Point, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Martin County average of 4.0 and below the Florida statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 2 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 3.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.9% of renter households in 2016.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 1st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 12085000502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12085000502?
Census tract 12085000502 in Sewall's Point scores 1.5/10 (Lower 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 12085000502?
Median gross rent is $2,688/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 7% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12085000502?
1.9% of residents in tract 12085000502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,922.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12085000502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 1th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 3th, household 34th, minority 17th, housing 1th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12085000502?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 2 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 12085000502 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.92% of renter households, peaking at 3.9% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 12085000502 compare to Sewall's Point overall?
Tract 12085000502 scores 1.5/10, lower than the parent city of Sewall's Point at 2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sewall's Point; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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