Within neighborhood
84
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #26,446 of 84,120 nationally
Sweetwater Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 12086009021 · Miami-Dade, FL · pop 4,273 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Census tract 12086009021 covers the Sweetwater neighborhood of Sweetwater, home to 4,273 residents. For landlords it grades 5.8/10, a moderate reading. That is riskier than roughly 69% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 65% of renter households, a severe level, and 31% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,815 monthly, set against $51,765 in average yearly household income, roughly 42% of income at the averages. Renters make up 66% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 43%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 34%
Tract context
Occupied units1,328
Renter share66.3%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate17.8%
Median income$51,765
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
76
th percentile
High
Within state
85
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sweetwater and the region
Centroid at 25.7646, -80.3777 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sweetwater scores 4.9
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
17.8% poverty · this tract
4.5
Supply constraint
$1,815 rent vs county FMR
2.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Sweetwater
8.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Sweetwater
9.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Sweetwater
7.7
How Sweetwater compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 88
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 91%Socioeconomic
- 37%Household composition
- 96%Racial/ethnic minority
- 87%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)
- 46Total filings over 2 yrs
- 2.37%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.4%Peak (2016)
- 24Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 350Total filings 2020-21
- 4.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 6.04×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. 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
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 Sweetwater, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above 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.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 6.04x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, above pre-pandemic levels.
The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 88th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 12086009021
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12086009021?
Census tract 12086009021 in the Sweetwater neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (Moderate 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 12086009021?
Median gross rent is $1,815/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12086009021?
17.8% of residents in tract 12086009021 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,273.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12086009021?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 91th, household 37th, minority 96th, housing 87th.
Q5
Is tract 12086009021 considered part of Sweetwater?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 12086009021 fall within Sweetwater (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12086009021?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 46 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 12086009021 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.37% of renter households, peaking at 2.4% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 12086009021 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 6.04× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Miami eviction risk), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 12086009021 compare to Sweetwater overall?
Tract 12086009021 scores 4.9/10, higher than the parent city of Sweetwater at 2.6/10. 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.
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