Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #59,654 of 84,120 nationally
Westwood Lakes Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 12086008702 · Miami-Dade, FL · pop 5,685
Census tract 12086008702 covers part of Westwood Lakes, FL, and scores 3.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,685 residents. Cost burden runs 82% here against 57.9% across Miami-Dade County.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units1,760
Renter share19.4%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate9.9%
Median income$84,167
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
25
th percentile
Low
Within state
39
th percentile
Low
National
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Westwood Lakes and the region
Centroid at 25.7252, -80.3654 · click any tract to drill in
Why Westwood Lakes scores 3.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Westwood Lakes
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
9.9% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$2,028 rent vs county FMR
3.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Westwood Lakes
9.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Westwood Lakes
4.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Westwood Lakes
6.7
How Westwood Lakes compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 75
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 90%Socioeconomic
- 61%Household composition
- 91%Racial/ethnic minority
- 31%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)
- 28Total filings over 2 yrs
- 3.89%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.3%Peak (2015)
- 12Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 35Total filings 2020-21
- 0.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.78×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
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Westwood Lakes
The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 9/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 31.1% against 11.3% nationally. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.8/10. The severe-burden share is 16%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. It sits 1.2 points below the Miami-Dade County average of 4.6.
At $2,028 a month, rents run 18% under what the rest of Westwood Lakes commands. The filing record is not thin: 28 evictions over 2 years of observation.
Filings peaked in 2015 at 4.3% of renter households. In a typical year about 3.9% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 29th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 19% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.
Annual rent works out to 29% of average household income of $84,167.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 12086008702
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12086008702?
Census tract 12086008702 in Westwood Lakes scores 3.4/10 (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 12086008702?
Median gross rent is $2,028/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 82% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12086008702?
9.9% of residents in tract 12086008702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,685.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12086008702?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 61th, minority 91th, housing 31th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12086008702?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 28 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 12086008702 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.89% of renter households, peaking at 4.3% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 12086008702 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.78× 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 12086008702 compare to Westwood Lakes overall?
Tract 12086008702 scores 3.4/10, lower than the parent city of Westwood Lakes at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Westwood Lakes; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Westwood Lakes
Top eight tracts in Westwood Lakes ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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