Within parent city
97
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #13,119 of 84,120 nationally
West Palm Beach Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 12099002200 · Palm Beach, FL · pop 2,759
Census tract 12099002200 sits in West Palm Beach eviction risk, Florida eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.5/10. That is riskier than about 58% of US census tracts.
75% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 51% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,074 a month while the average household earns $33,162 a year, roughly 39% of income at the averages. Renters make up 75% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 56%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 25%
Tract context
Occupied units1,018
Renter share75.3%
SVI overall1.00
Poverty rate40.4%
Median income$33,162
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
99
th percentile
Very High
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
National
84
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across West Palm Beach and the region
Centroid at 26.7305, -80.0607 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Palm Beach scores 5.9
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
40.4% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,074 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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: 100
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 100%Socioeconomic
- 98%Household composition
- 93%Racial/ethnic minority
- 99%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)
- 831Total filings over 11 yrs
- 14.70%Avg annual filing rate
- 16.8%Peak (2001)
- 100Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 47% over the past 11 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 356Total filings 2020-21
- 4.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 6.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.71×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 heaviest input here is economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from West Palm Beach eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Palm Beach County average of 5.0 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 0.71x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.
The tract is Black and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 100th 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 12099002200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12099002200?
Census tract 12099002200 in West Palm Beach scores 5.9/10 (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 12099002200?
Median gross rent is $1,074/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 75% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12099002200?
40.4% of residents in tract 12099002200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,759.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12099002200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 100th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 100th, household 98th, minority 93th, housing 99th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12099002200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 831 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 12099002200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.70% of renter households, peaking at 16.8% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 12099002200 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.71× 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.
Q7
How does tract 12099002200 compare to West Palm Beach overall?
Tract 12099002200 scores 5.9/10, higher than the parent city of West Palm Beach at 2.9/10. 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in West Palm Beach
Top eight tracts in West Palm Beach ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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/ 10 · Elevated
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/ 10 · Elevated
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5.7
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.9
/ 10 · Moderate
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/ 10 · Moderate
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4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
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