Within neighborhood
88
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #19,562 of 84,120 nationally
Lake Worth Beach Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 12099004500 · Palm Beach, FL · pop 7,725 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
Tract 12099004500, home to 7,725 residents in Lake Worth Beach in Lake Worth Beach, scores 6.2/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 81% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 74% of renter households, a severe level, and 48% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,684 a month while the average household earns $46,978 a year, roughly 43% of income at the averages. Renters make up 63% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 47%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units2,477
Renter share62.6%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate24.5%
Median income$46,978
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
89
th percentile
High
Within county
96
th percentile
Very High
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lake Worth Beach and the region
Centroid at 26.6238, -80.0795 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lake Worth Beach scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Lake Worth Beach
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
24.5% poverty · this tract
6.1
Supply constraint
$1,684 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lake Worth Beach
8.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lake Worth Beach
9.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lake Worth Beach
8.2
How Lake Worth Beach compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 98
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 93%Socioeconomic
- 81%Household composition
- 85%Racial/ethnic minority
- 98%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)
- 1,682Total filings over 11 yrs
- 15.67%Avg annual filing rate
- 21.7%Peak (2001)
- 139Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 11 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 618Total filings 2020-21
- 8.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 11.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.77×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
Within Lake Worth Beach. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lake Worth Beach
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength 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 Lake Worth Beach, 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.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and Black and ranks around the 98th 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,682 eviction filings here over 11 tracked years, with about 15.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 21.7% of renter households in 2001.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 12099004500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12099004500?
Census tract 12099004500 in the Lake Worth Beach neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (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 12099004500?
Median gross rent is $1,684/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 74% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12099004500?
24.5% of residents in tract 12099004500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,725.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12099004500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 81th, minority 85th, housing 98th.
Q5
Is tract 12099004500 considered part of Lake Worth Beach?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 12099004500 fall within Lake Worth Beach (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12099004500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,682 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 12099004500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 15.67% of renter households, peaking at 21.7% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 12099004500 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.77× 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.
Q8
How does tract 12099004500 compare to Lake Worth Beach overall?
Tract 12099004500 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Lake Worth Beach at 2.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lake Worth Beach; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Lake Worth Beach
Top eight tracts in Lake Worth Beach ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · FL
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5.8
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · FL
Lake Worth Beach
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · FL
Lake Worth Beach
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · FL
Lake Worth Beach
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · FL
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4.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · FL
Lake Worth Beach
4.3
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · FL
12099005000
4.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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