Within parent city
11
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #39,389 of 84,120 nationally
Lake Worth Beach Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 12099005000 · Palm Beach, FL · pop 5,572 · 49% of tract blocks fall in Lake Worth Beach
Eviction risk in Lake Worth Beach centers on tract 12099005000, which scores 5.9/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 5,572 residents. That is riskier than roughly 72% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 57% of renter households, a severe level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,431 a month against an average household income of $79,358 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 28% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units2,071
Renter share27.9%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate15.3%
Median income$79,358
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
77
th percentile
High
Within state
70
th percentile
Elevated
National
53
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lake Worth Beach and the region
Centroid at 26.6020, -80.0801 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lake Worth Beach scores 4.1
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
15.3% poverty · this tract
3.8
Supply constraint
$1,431 rent vs county FMR
1.5
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: 93
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 93%Socioeconomic
- 62%Household composition
- 65%Racial/ethnic minority
- 95%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)
- 393Total filings over 11 yrs
- 6.76%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.0%Peak (2010)
- 30Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 200% over the past 11 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 68Total filings 2020-21
- 0.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.50×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). 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 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 White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 93rd 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 393 eviction filings here over 11 tracked years, with about 6.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 11.0% of renter households in 2010.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 12099005000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12099005000?
Census tract 12099005000 in Lake Worth Beach scores 4.1/10 (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 12099005000?
Median gross rent is $1,431/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12099005000?
15.3% of residents in tract 12099005000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,572.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12099005000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 62th, minority 65th, housing 95th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12099005000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 393 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 12099005000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.76% of renter households, peaking at 11.0% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 12099005000 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.50× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Other Oregon eviction laws Counties), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 12099005000 compare to Lake Worth Beach overall?
Tract 12099005000 scores 4.1/10, 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
Lake Worth Beach
5.8
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · FL
Lake Worth Beach
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · FL
Lake Worth Beach
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
Lake Worth Beach
4.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · FL
Lake Worth Beach
4.3
/ 10 · Moderate
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