Within parent city
21
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #59,654 of 84,120 nationally
West Palm Beach Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 12099001918 · Palm Beach, FL · pop 3,573
12099001918 is a census tract in West Palm Beach, FL. It scores 3.4/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,573. Cost burden runs roughly two in three here against 53.5% across Palm Beach County.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units1,587
Renter share35.3%
SVI overall0.54
Poverty rate5.3%
Median income$78,854
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
38
th percentile
Low
Within state
39
th percentile
Low
National
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across West Palm Beach and the region
Centroid at 26.7382, -80.0968 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Palm Beach scores 3.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from West Palm Beach
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
5.3% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$1,704 rent vs county FMR
2.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from West Palm Beach
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from West Palm Beach
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from West Palm Beach
3.5
How West Palm Beach compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 54
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 48%Socioeconomic
- 45%Household composition
- 61%Racial/ethnic minority
- 58%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)
- 79Total filings 2020-21
- 1.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.84×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Other Oregon Counties as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West Palm Beach
The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.3/10. Severe burden reaches 21%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. Against the Palm Beach County average of 4.1, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.7 points.
Nationally it ranks #59,654 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
Average gross rent is $1,704, close to the West Palm Beach average. Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $78,854. 35% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 12099001918
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12099001918?
Census tract 12099001918 in West Palm Beach scores 3.4/10 (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 12099001918?
Median gross rent is $1,704/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 68% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12099001918?
5.3% of residents in tract 12099001918 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,573.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12099001918?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 54th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 45th, minority 61th, housing 58th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 12099001918 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.84× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Other Oregon eviction laws Counties), 2020-2021.
Q6
How does tract 12099001918 compare to West Palm Beach overall?
Tract 12099001918 scores 3.4/10, lower than the parent city of West Palm Beach at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from West Palm Beach eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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