Within neighborhood
42
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #46,312 of 84,120 nationally
Sweetwater Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 12086014400 · Miami-Dade, FL · pop 4,873 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
Tract 12086014400, home to 4,873 residents in the Sweetwater neighborhood of Sweetwater, scores 5.7/10 for landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #29,099 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 85% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 60% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,219 a month while the average household earns $74,155 a year, roughly 36% of income at the averages. Renters make up 35% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units1,479
Renter share35.3%
SVI overall0.60
Poverty rate16.5%
Median income$74,155
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
69
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
60
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sweetwater and the region
Centroid at 25.7763, -80.3934 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sweetwater scores 3.7
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
16.5% poverty · this tract
4.1
Supply constraint
$2,219 rent vs county FMR
4.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Sweetwater
9.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Sweetwater
6.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Sweetwater
7.7
How Sweetwater compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 60
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 71%Socioeconomic
- 22%Household composition
- 94%Racial/ethnic minority
- 44%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)
- 20Total filings over 2 yrs
- 3.15%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.7%Peak (2016)
- 16Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 24Total filings 2020-21
- 0.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.92×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
Within Sweetwater. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sweetwater
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 9.4/10. 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 0.92x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 20 eviction filings here over 2 tracked years, with about 3.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.7% of renter households in 2016.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 12086014400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12086014400?
Census tract 12086014400 in the Sweetwater neighborhood scores 3.7/10 (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 12086014400?
Median gross rent is $2,219/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 85% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12086014400?
16.5% of residents in tract 12086014400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,873.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12086014400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 71th, household 22th, minority 94th, housing 44th.
Q5
Is tract 12086014400 considered part of Sweetwater?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 12086014400 fall within Sweetwater (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12086014400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 20 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 12086014400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.15% of renter households, peaking at 4.7% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 12086014400 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.92× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Miami eviction risk), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 12086014400 compare to Sweetwater overall?
Tract 12086014400 scores 3.7/10, 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.
Tract · FL
12086014100
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · FL
Sweetwater
4.9
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · FL
12086014800
4.9
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · FL
Sweetwater
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · FL
12086015501
3.6
/ 10 · Low
Tract · FL
Sweetwater
3.3
/ 10 · Low
Tract · FL
12086014702
3.1
/ 10 · Low
Tract · FL
12086015502
2.9
/ 10 · Low
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