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Neighborhood · Ranked #35,899 of 84,120 nationally

Sweetwater Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 12086009064 · Miami-Dade, FL · pop 2,672 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Eviction risk in Sweetwater in Sweetwater centers on tract 12086009064, which scores 5.8/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 2,672 residents. That is riskier than roughly 69% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 79% of renter households, a severe level, and 30% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,155 a month while the average household earns $63,750 a year, roughly 41% of income at the averages. About 77% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 61% Stable renters 16% Owners 23%
Tract context
Occupied units1,018
Renter share77.2%
SVI overall0.76
Poverty rate13.2%
Median income$63,750

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#8 of 20 tracts In Sweetwater
Elevated
Within parent city
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#5 of 7 tracts In Sweetwater
Low
Within county
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#286 of 706 tracts In Miami-Dade
Elevated
Within state
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#1,298 of 5,122 tracts In Florida
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Sweetwater and the region

Centroid at 25.7768, -80.3773 · click any tract to drill in

Why Sweetwater scores 4.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
13.2% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$2,155 rent vs county FMR
4.3
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.
Sweetwater risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.34.3This tracttract 009064Sweetwater: 2.62.6Sweetwaterparent cityCounty: 3.93.9Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.53.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 76

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 126Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.7Avg monthly (observed)
  • 1.5Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.14×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-01-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline2020-01-01: 4 filings (2.40× baseline)2020-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-03-01: 8 filings (6.84× baseline)2020-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-09-01: 1 filings (0.50× baseline)2020-10-01: 1 filings (0.33× baseline)2020-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-12-01: 7 filings (5.26× baseline)2021-01-01: 2 filings (1.20× baseline)2021-02-01: 2 filings (2.99× baseline)2021-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-04-01: 2 filings (2.41× baseline)2021-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-09-01: 3 filings (1.50× baseline)2021-10-01: 1 filings (0.33× baseline)2021-11-01: 1 filings (0.55× baseline)2021-12-01: 3 filings (2.26× baseline)2022-01-01: 1 filings (0.60× baseline)2022-02-01: 2 filings (2.99× baseline)2022-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-04-01: 1 filings (1.20× baseline)2022-05-01: 3 filings (1.50× baseline)2022-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-07-01: 2 filings (1.20× baseline)2022-08-01: 2 filings (1.20× baseline)2022-09-01: 6 filings (3.00× baseline)2022-10-01: 2 filings (0.67× baseline)2022-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-12-01: 6 filings (4.51× baseline)2023-01-01: 6 filings (3.59× baseline)2023-02-01: 4 filings (5.97× baseline)2023-03-01: 4 filings (3.42× baseline)2023-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-05-01: 2 filings (1.00× baseline)2023-06-01: 2 filings (2.99× baseline)2023-07-01: 3 filings (1.80× baseline)2023-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-09-01: 2 filings (1.00× baseline)2023-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-12-01: 5 filings (3.76× baseline)2024-01-01: 2 filings (1.20× baseline)2024-02-01: 3 filings (4.48× baseline)2024-03-01: 5 filings (4.27× baseline)2024-04-01: 3 filings (3.61× baseline)2024-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-06-01: 2 filings (2.99× baseline)2024-07-01: 3 filings (1.80× baseline)2024-08-01: 3 filings (1.80× baseline)2024-09-01: 3 filings (1.50× baseline)2024-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-01-01: 2 filings (1.20× baseline)2025-02-01: 2 filings (2.99× baseline)2025-03-01: 1 filings (0.85× baseline)2025-04-01: 1 filings (1.20× baseline)2025-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-06-01: 1 filings (1.49× baseline)2025-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-10-01: 3 filings (1.00× baseline)2025-11-01: 3 filings (1.64× baseline)2025-12-01: 1 filings (0.75× baseline)2026-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× 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 Sweetwater. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Sweetwater

The heaviest input here 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 1.14x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, roughly back to the pre-pandemic baseline.

The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 76th 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 12086009064

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12086009064?

Census tract 12086009064 in the Sweetwater neighborhood scores 4.3/10 (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 12086009064?

Median gross rent is $2,155/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 79% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 12086009064?

13.2% of residents in tract 12086009064 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,672.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 12086009064?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 76th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 46th, minority 96th, housing 48th.
Q5

Is tract 12086009064 considered part of Sweetwater?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 12086009064 fall within Sweetwater (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 12086009064 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.14× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Miami eviction risk), 2020-2021.
Q7

How does tract 12086009064 compare to Sweetwater overall?

Tract 12086009064 scores 4.3/10, 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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