West Palm Beach Eviction Risk: Moderate

22% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Annualized rent equals 34% of average household income of $53,996, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.

68% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.1/10. Cost burden runs 60% here against 53.5% across Palm Beach County.

Against the Palm Beach County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points. The filing record is not thin: 1,229 evictions over 11 years of observation.

At $1,552 a month, rents run 12% under what the rest of West Palm Beach commands. The worst year on record was 2003, when 8.6% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 7.8% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #31,049 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.