Within neighborhood
22
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #42,763 of 84,120 nationally
Española Way Eviction Risk: Lower , Miami Beach
Tract 12086004301 · Miami-Dade, FL · pop 2,287 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
How risky is the Española Way neighborhood of Miami Beach for landlords? Census tract 12086004301 scores 5.6/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 62% of US census tracts.
77% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 32% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,161 a month while the average household earns $77,308 a year, roughly 34% of income at the averages. About 54% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 42%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 45%
Tract context
Occupied units1,426
Renter share54.3%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate10.2%
Median income$77,308
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
32
th percentile
Low
Within county
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
65
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Miami Beach and the region
Centroid at 25.7830, -80.1423 · click any tract to drill in
Why Española Way scores 3.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Miami Beach
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
10.2% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$2,161 rent vs county FMR
4.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Miami Beach
8.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Miami Beach
9.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Miami Beach
7.6
How Española Way compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 52
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 53%Socioeconomic
- 3%Household composition
- 69%Racial/ethnic minority
- 91%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 91%Grade B
- 0%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)
- 52Total filings over 2 yrs
- 3.84%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.6%Peak (2015)
- 16Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 82Total filings 2020-21
- 1.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.24×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 Española Way. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Española Way
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.6/10. 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 Miami Beach eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and White and ranks around the 52nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 12086004301
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12086004301?
Census tract 12086004301 in the Española Way neighborhood scores 3.9/10 (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 12086004301?
Median gross rent is $2,161/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 77% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12086004301?
10.2% of residents in tract 12086004301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,287.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12086004301?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 3th, minority 69th, housing 91th.
Q5
Is tract 12086004301 considered part of Española Way?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 12086004301 fall within Española Way (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12086004301?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 52 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 12086004301 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.84% of renter households, peaking at 5.6% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 12086004301 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.24× 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 12086004301 compare to Miami Beach overall?
Tract 12086004301 scores 3.9/10, higher than the parent city of Miami Beach at 2.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Miami Beach eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 12086004301 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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 Miami Beach
Top eight tracts in Miami Beach ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · FL
South Beach
5.8
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · FL
North Beach
5.5
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · FL
Española Way
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · FL
North Beach
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · FL
Española Way
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · FL
South Beach
5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · FL
Española Way
5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · FL
12086004103
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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