Within parent city
25
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #13,349 of 84,120 nationally
Opa-locka Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 12086000505 · Miami-Dade, FL · pop 5,179 · 51% of tract blocks fall in Opa-locka
With a score of 6.9/10, tract 12086000505 in Opa-locka, FL reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,179. Adults with no health insurance runs 36.4% against 11.3% nationally.
Risk score
6.9
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31%
Stable renters 30%
Owners 39%
Tract context
Occupied units1,878
Renter share61.7%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate17.9%
Median income$53,864
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
96
th percentile
Very High
Within state
99
th percentile
Very High
National
84
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Opa-locka and the region
Centroid at 25.8844, -80.2845 · click any tract to drill in
Why Opa-locka scores 6.9
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
17.9% poverty · this tract
4.5
Supply constraint
$1,501 rent vs county FMR
1.4
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: 98
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 90%Socioeconomic
- 93%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 95%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)
- 42Total filings over 2 yrs
- 2.37%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.3%Peak (2015)
- 5Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 123Total filings 2020-21
- 1.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.28×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
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. The severe-burden share is 33%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Against the Miami-Dade County average of 4.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.3 points. Running hot, housing-court posture reads 9/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.9/10. Annualized rent equals 33% of average household income of $53,864, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Against Miami-Dade County at 57.9%, about half of renters here are cost-burdened.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 42 filings here across 2 tracked years. At $1,501 a month, rents run 11% over what the rest of Opa-locka commands.
Filings peaked in 2015 at 4.3% of renter households. In a typical year about 2.4% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #13,349 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the FL average is 4.1, so this tract runs 2.8 points hotter.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 12086000505
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12086000505?
Census tract 12086000505 in Opa-locka scores 6.9/10 (Elevated 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 12086000505?
Median gross rent is $1,501/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12086000505?
17.9% of residents in tract 12086000505 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,179.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12086000505?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 93th, minority 97th, housing 95th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12086000505?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 42 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 12086000505 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.37% of renter households, peaking at 4.3% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 12086000505 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.28× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Miami eviction risk), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 12086000505 compare to Opa-locka overall?
Sibling tracts
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Top eight tracts in Opa-locka ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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