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Neighborhood · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally

Lake Worth Beach Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 12099005202 · Palm Beach, FL · pop 5,649 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

Tract 12099005202 sits in the Lake Worth Beach area of Lake Worth Beach, FL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6/10. Population here is 5,649. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10.

Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 37% Stable renters 37% Owners 26%
Tract context
Occupied units1,829
Renter share74.1%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate25.8%
Median income$68,163

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 9 tracts In Lake Worth Beach
High
Within parent city
44 th percentile
Rank, 44th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 10 tracts In Lake Worth Beach
Moderate
Within county
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#15 of 372 tracts In Palm Beach
Very High
Within state
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#120 of 5,122 tracts In Florida
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Lake Worth Beach and the region

Centroid at 26.6064, -80.0556 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lake Worth Beach scores 6

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
25.8% poverty · this tract
6.5
Supply constraint
$1,269 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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.
Lake Worth Beach risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.0This tracttract 0052024.6Lake Worth Beachparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 92

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

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)

  • 947Total filings over 11 yrs
  • 7.76%Avg annual filing rate
  • 9.7%Peak (2002)
  • 73Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 12099005202
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 11 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 357Total filings 2020-21
  • 4.9Avg monthly (observed)
  • 6.1Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.80×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-01-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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

Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 29.8% against 11.3% nationally. This is renter territory: 74% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

Against the Palm Beach County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.9 points. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

The poverty rate is 26%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Severe burden reaches 14%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Average gross rent is $1,269, 18% below the Lake Worth Beach average. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 947 filings here across 11 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2002, when 9.7% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 7.8% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 78% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 12099005202

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12099005202?

Census tract 12099005202 in the Lake Worth Beach neighborhood scores 6/10 (Elevated 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 12099005202?

Median gross rent is $1,269/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 12099005202?

25.8% of residents in tract 12099005202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,649.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 12099005202?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 89th, minority 78th, housing 90th.
Q5

Is tract 12099005202 considered part of Lake Worth Beach?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 12099005202 fall within Lake Worth Beach (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12099005202?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 947 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 12099005202 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.76% of renter households, peaking at 9.7% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 12099005202 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.80× 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 12099005202 compare to Lake Worth Beach overall?

Tract 12099005202 scores 6/10, 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.

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