Within neighborhood
11
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #50,654 of 84,120 nationally
Sweetwater Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 12086008906 · Miami-Dade, FL · pop 4,714 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
Tract 12086008906 sits in the Sweetwater area of Westchester, FL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.9/10. 27% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units1,744
Renter share35.0%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate9.7%
Median income$61,989
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
64
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
37
th percentile
Low
Within state
53
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sweetwater and the region
Centroid at 25.7505, -80.3612 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sweetwater scores 3.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Sweetwater
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
9.7% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,761 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Sweetwater
8.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Sweetwater
6.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Sweetwater
6.6
How Sweetwater 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.
- 63%Socioeconomic
- 67%Household composition
- 93%Racial/ethnic minority
- 72%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)
- 25Total filings over 2 yrs
- 1.92%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.7%Peak (2015)
- 8Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 38Total filings 2020-21
- 0.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.55×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Miami as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Sweetwater. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sweetwater
The main counterweight is eviction-process difficulty at 1.2/10. Set annual rent against average income of $61,989 and the ratio lands at 34%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
Adults with no health insurance runs 26.9% against 11.3% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.2/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 25 filings here across 2 tracked years.
Cost burden runs 62% here against 57.9% across Miami-Dade County. Against the Miami-Dade County average of 4.6, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.7 points.
Filings peaked in 2015 at 2.7% of renter households. In a typical year about 1.9% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 40% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.8/10.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 12086008906
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12086008906?
Census tract 12086008906 in the Sweetwater 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 12086008906?
Median gross rent is $1,761/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12086008906?
9.7% of residents in tract 12086008906 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,714.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12086008906?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 63th, household 67th, minority 93th, housing 72th.
Q5
Is tract 12086008906 considered part of Sweetwater?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 12086008906 fall within Sweetwater (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12086008906?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 25 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 12086008906 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.92% of renter households, peaking at 2.7% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 12086008906 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.55× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Miami eviction risk), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 12086008906 compare to Sweetwater overall?
Tract 12086008906 scores 3.9/10, lower than the parent city of Sweetwater at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sweetwater; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Sweetwater
Top eight tracts in Sweetwater ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · FL
Sweetwater
5.5
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · FL
12086008805
4.9
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · FL
12086008910
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · FL
Sweetwater
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · FL
12086007708
4.1
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · FL
12086008909
3.9
/ 10 · Low
Tract · FL
12086008808
3.7
/ 10 · Low
Tract · FL
12086008908
3.6
/ 10 · Low
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