Antique Row Eviction Risk: Moderate , West Palm Beach

Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 25.2% against 11.3% nationally.

Against Palm Beach County at 53.5%, 45% of renters here are cost-burdened. 17% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. At $1,388 a month, rents run 22% under what the rest of West Palm Beach commands.

Court records carry 212 eviction filings across 11 observed years. The worst year on record was 2002, when 6.2% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 3.1% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #42,813 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Social vulnerability reads 8.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Palm Beach County average of 4.1 closely.

Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $83,068.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.