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Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally

Rainbow Lakes Eviction Risk: Moderate , Boynton Beach

Tract 12099005810 · Palm Beach, FL · pop 1,667 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

Census tract 12099005810 covers part of the Rainbow Lakes area of Boynton Beach, FL, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 1,667. 66% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2% Stable renters 1% Owners 97%
Tract context
Occupied units1,057
Renter share2.7%
SVI overall0.54
Poverty rate12.9%
Median income$40,179

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 5 tracts In Rainbow Lakes
Very High
Within parent city
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#5 of 25 tracts In Boynton Beach
High
Within county
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#61 of 372 tracts In Palm Beach
High
Within state
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#495 of 5,122 tracts In Florida
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Boynton Beach and the region

Centroid at 26.5442, -80.1121 · click any tract to drill in

Why Rainbow Lakes scores 5.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Boynton Beach
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
12.9% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Boynton Beach
8.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Boynton Beach
7.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Boynton Beach
7.1

How Rainbow Lakes compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Rainbow Lakes risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.4This tracttract 0058104.2Boynton Beachparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 54

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)

  • 41Total filings over 11 yrs
  • 24.04%Avg annual filing rate
  • 120.0%Peak (2013)
  • 2Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 12099005810
Filings dropped 50% over the past 11 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 27Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.4Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.3Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.17×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-01-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran near 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 Rainbow Lakes. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Rainbow Lakes

Against Palm Beach County at 53.5%, 66% of renters here are cost-burdened. The main counterweight is state political climate at 1.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.5/10.

Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.9/10. Against the Palm Beach County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 41 filings here across 11 tracked years.

The worst year on record was 2013, when 120.0% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 24.0% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Only 3% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the FL average is 4.1, so this tract runs 1.3 points hotter.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 12099005810

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12099005810?

Census tract 12099005810 in the Rainbow Lakes 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 poverty rate in tract 12099005810?

12.9% of residents in tract 12099005810 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,667.
Q3

How socially vulnerable is tract 12099005810?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 54th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 65th, minority 13th, housing 43th.
Q4

Is tract 12099005810 considered part of Rainbow Lakes?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 12099005810 fall within Rainbow Lakes (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12099005810?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 41 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 12099005810 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 24.04% of renter households, peaking at 120.0% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 12099005810 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.17× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Other Oregon eviction laws Counties), 2020-2021.
Q7

How does tract 12099005810 compare to Boynton Beach overall?

Tract 12099005810 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Boynton Beach at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Boynton Beach eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Boynton Beach

Top eight tracts in Boynton Beach ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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