Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #11,153 of 84,120 nationally
Sweetwater Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 12086009061 · Miami-Dade, FL · pop 3,312 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
12086009061 is a census tract in the Sweetwater area of Sweetwater, FL. It scores 7.3/10 for landlords. Adults with no health insurance runs 42.5% against 11.3% nationally.
Risk score
7.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 56%
Tract context
Occupied units981
Renter share44.2%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate30.4%
Median income$44,018
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 Sweetwater and the region
Centroid at 25.7719, -80.3783 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sweetwater scores 7.3
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
30.4% poverty · this tract
7.6
Supply constraint
$995 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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: 92
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 92%Socioeconomic
- 69%Household composition
- 99%Racial/ethnic minority
- 85%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 313Total filings 2020-21
- 4.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 4.41×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
At $995 a month, rents run 44% under what the rest of Sweetwater commands. It sits 2.7 points above the Miami-Dade County average of 4.6. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10.
Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. The poverty rate is 30%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. The severe-burden share is 15%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. 62% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Miami-Dade County average of 57.9%.
On the national scale it lands near the 87th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 9.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the FL average is 4.1, so this tract runs 3.2 points hotter.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $44,018.
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 12086009061
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12086009061?
Census tract 12086009061 in the Sweetwater neighborhood scores 7.3/10 (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 12086009061?
Median gross rent is $995/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12086009061?
30.4% of residents in tract 12086009061 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,312.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12086009061?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 69th, minority 99th, housing 85th.
Q5
Is tract 12086009061 considered part of Sweetwater?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 12086009061 fall within Sweetwater (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 12086009061 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 4.41× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Miami eviction risk), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 12086009061 compare to Sweetwater overall?
Tract 12086009061 scores 7.3/10, higher 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.
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