Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #41,065 of 84,120 nationally
Ponce de Leon Eviction Risk: Moderate , St. Petersburg
Tract 12103022902 · Pinellas, FL · pop 2,787 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
The Moderate-tier score of 4.7/10 for census tract 12103022902 reflects conditions in Ponce de Leon in St. Petersburg, Florida. It lands near the 29th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 62% of renter households, a severe level, and 37% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,279 monthly, set against $51,000 in average yearly household income, roughly 30% of income at the averages. Renters make up 20% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units1,194
Renter share19.7%
SVI overall0.81
Poverty rate13.9%
Median income$51,000
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
82
th percentile
High
Within county
75
th percentile
High
Within state
68
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across St. Petersburg and the region
Centroid at 27.7978, -82.6737 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ponce de Leon scores 4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from St. Petersburg
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
13.9% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$1,279 rent vs county FMR
1.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from St. Petersburg
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from St. Petersburg
4.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from St. Petersburg
4.0
How Ponce de Leon compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 81
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 78%Socioeconomic
- 75%Household composition
- 64%Racial/ethnic minority
- 74%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 10%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 371Total filings over 18 yrs
- 6.60%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.6%Peak (2013)
- 31Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 94% over the past 18 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 215Total filings 2020-21
- 3.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.31×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Tacoma, WA as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Ponce de Leon. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ponce de Leon
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 4.5/10. 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 St. Petersburg eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Pinellas County average of 4.8 and in line with the Florida statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 1.31x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, above pre-pandemic levels.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 10% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 12103022902
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12103022902?
Census tract 12103022902 in the Ponce de Leon neighborhood scores 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 12103022902?
Median gross rent is $1,279/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12103022902?
13.9% of residents in tract 12103022902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,787.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12103022902?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 81th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 75th, minority 64th, housing 74th.
Q5
Is tract 12103022902 considered part of Ponce de Leon?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 12103022902 fall within Ponce de Leon (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12103022902?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 371 eviction filings across 18 validated years in tract 12103022902 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.60% of renter households, peaking at 11.6% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 12103022902 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.31× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Tacoma, WA), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 12103022902 compare to St. Petersburg overall?
Tract 12103022902 scores 4/10, higher than the parent city of St. Petersburg at 2.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from St. Petersburg eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 12103022902 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 10% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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