Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally

Lake Worth Beach Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 12099005101 · Palm Beach, FL · pop 2,814 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

With a score of 5.8/10, tract 12099005101 in the Lake Worth Beach area of Lake Worth Beach, FL reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,814. Adults with no health insurance runs 42.3% against 11.3% nationally.

Risk score

5.8

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 47% Stable renters 33% Owners 20%

Tract context

Occupied units729

Renter share80.0%

SVI overall0.92

Poverty rate16.2%

Median income$60,080

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Lake Worth Beach and the region

Centroid at 26.6128, -80.0643 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lake Worth Beach scores 5.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

16.2% poverty · this tract

4.0

Supply constraint

$1,421 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: 92

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

90%Socioeconomic
66%Household composition
89%Racial/ethnic minority
91%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)

224Total filings over 11 yrs
3.67%Avg annual filing rate
5.9%Peak (2001)
15Filings in 2015 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2000 to 2015

Filings dropped 38% over the past 11 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

72Total filings 2020-21
1.0Avg monthly (observed)
1.5Pre-pandemic baseline
0.67×Ratio to baseline

Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-01-01

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

Within Lake Worth Beach. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lake Worth Beach

The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10. This is renter territory: 80% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. 22% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. It sits 1.7 points above the Palm Beach County average of 4.1. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.5/10.

58% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Palm Beach County average of 53.5%. The filing record is not thin: 224 evictions over 11 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2001, when 5.9% of renter households were served.

At $1,421 a month, rents run 8% under what the rest of Lake Worth Beach commands. In a typical year about 3.7% of renter households face a filing.

That is riskier than roughly 76% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 12099005101

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12099005101?

Census tract 12099005101 in the Lake Worth Beach neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 12099005101?

Median gross rent is $1,421/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 12099005101?

16.2% of residents in tract 12099005101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,814.

How socially vulnerable is tract 12099005101?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 66th, minority 89th, housing 91th.

Is tract 12099005101 considered part of Lake Worth Beach?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 12099005101 fall within Lake Worth Beach (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12099005101?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 224 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 12099005101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.67% of renter households, peaking at 5.9% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Did eviction filings in tract 12099005101 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.67× 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.

How does tract 12099005101 compare to Lake Worth Beach overall?

Tract 12099005101 scores 5.8/10, higher than the parent city of Lake Worth Beach at 4.6/10. 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.

Eviction Lab tract-level court records (2000-2018) and Eviction Tracking System, Princeton University. Open Data Commons Attribution license. evictionlab.org