Within neighborhood
20
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #23,554 of 84,120 nationally
Opa-locka Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 12086000504 · Miami-Dade, FL · pop 4,913 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
Census tract 12086000504 sits in the Opa-locka area of Opa-locka, Florida eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of $1/10. It lands near the 75th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 59% of renter households, a severe level, and 38% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,058 monthly, set against $52,097 in average yearly household income, roughly 24% of income at the averages. About 39% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units1,614
Renter share39.0%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate19.8%
Median income$52,097
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
80
th percentile
High
Within state
88
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Opa-locka and the region
Centroid at 25.9111, -80.2537 · click any tract to drill in
Why Opa-locka scores 5.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Opa-locka
6.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
19.8% poverty · this tract
4.9
Supply constraint
$1,058 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Opa-locka
8.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Opa-locka
9.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Opa-locka
9.0
How Opa-locka compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 91
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 93%Socioeconomic
- 75%Household composition
- 99%Racial/ethnic minority
- 74%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 9%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 90Total filings over 2 yrs
- 5.80%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.5%Peak (2015)
- 38Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 120Total filings 2020-21
- 1.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.09×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Miami as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Opa-locka. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Opa-locka
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.8/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Opa-locka, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Miami-Dade County average of 5.3 and above the Florida statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 91st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 1.09x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, roughly back to the pre-pandemic baseline.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 12086000504
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12086000504?
Census tract 12086000504 in the Opa-locka neighborhood scores 5.1/10 (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 12086000504?
Median gross rent is $1,058/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12086000504?
19.8% of residents in tract 12086000504 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,913.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12086000504?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 75th, minority 99th, housing 74th.
Q5
Is tract 12086000504 considered part of Opa-locka?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 12086000504 fall within Opa-locka (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12086000504?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 90 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 12086000504 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.80% of renter households, peaking at 7.5% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 12086000504 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.09× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Miami eviction risk), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 12086000504 compare to Opa-locka overall?
Q9
Was tract 12086000504 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Opa-locka
Top eight tracts in Opa-locka ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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