Within neighborhood
80
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #10,727 of 84,120 nationally
Opa-locka Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 12086000509 · Miami-Dade, FL · pop 3,358 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Census tract 12086000509 covers part of the Opa-locka area of Opa-locka, FL, and scores 7.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,358. The severe-burden share is 35%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
7.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 53%
Tract context
Occupied units997
Renter share46.2%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate29.3%
Median income$50,927
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
99
th percentile
Very High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Opa-locka and the region
Centroid at 25.9022, -80.2489 · click any tract to drill in
Why Opa-locka scores 7.4
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
29.3% poverty · this tract
7.3
Supply constraint
$1,195 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: 95
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 98%Socioeconomic
- 61%Household composition
- 88%Racial/ethnic minority
- 90%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
- 16%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 167Total filings 2020-21
- 2.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.73×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below 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
What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10. It sits 2.8 points above the Miami-Dade County average of 4.6. Adults with no health insurance runs 34.2% against 11.3% nationally.
Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 9/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10.
The poverty rate is 29%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. At $1,195 a month, rents run 12% under what the rest of Opa-locka commands. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Miami. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
That is riskier than roughly 87% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Statewide the FL average is 4.1, so this tract runs 3.3 points hotter.
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 12086000509
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12086000509?
Census tract 12086000509 in the Opa-locka neighborhood scores 7.4/10 (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 12086000509?
Median gross rent is $1,195/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12086000509?
29.3% of residents in tract 12086000509 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,358.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12086000509?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 61th, minority 88th, housing 90th.
Q5
Is tract 12086000509 considered part of Opa-locka?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 12086000509 fall within Opa-locka (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 12086000509 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.73× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Miami eviction risk), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 12086000509 compare to Opa-locka overall?
Q8
Was tract 12086000509 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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