Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #63,321 of 84,120 nationally
Meadowlawn Eviction Risk: Lower , St. Petersburg
Tract 12103024301 · Pinellas, FL · pop 4,901 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
The Moderate-tier score of $1/10 for census tract 12103024301 reflects conditions in Meadowlawn in St. Petersburg, Florida. It lands near the 12th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
28% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 2% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,827 monthly, set against $89,583 in average yearly household income, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 17% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units1,545
Renter share16.8%
SVI overall0.51
Poverty rate9.6%
Median income$89,583
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
30
th percentile
Low
Within county
31
th percentile
Low
Within state
41
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across St. Petersburg and the region
Centroid at 27.8315, -82.6506 · click any tract to drill in
Why Meadowlawn scores 3.5
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
9.6% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,827 rent vs county FMR
4.2
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 Meadowlawn compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 51
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 57%Socioeconomic
- 48%Household composition
- 55%Racial/ethnic minority
- 38%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)
- 151Total filings over 18 yrs
- 2.84%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.4%Peak (2016)
- 7Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 50% over the past 18 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 53Total filings 2020-21
- 0.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.80×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Tacoma, WA as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Meadowlawn. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Meadowlawn
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 below the Pinellas County average of 4.8 and below 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 0.80x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 151 eviction filings here over 18 tracked years, with about 2.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.4% of renter households in 2016.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 12103024301
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12103024301?
Census tract 12103024301 in the Meadowlawn neighborhood scores 3.5/10 (Lower 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 12103024301?
Median gross rent is $1,827/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12103024301?
9.6% of residents in tract 12103024301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,901.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12103024301?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 57th, household 48th, minority 55th, housing 38th.
Q5
Is tract 12103024301 considered part of Meadowlawn?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 12103024301 fall within Meadowlawn (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12103024301?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 151 eviction filings across 18 validated years in tract 12103024301 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.84% of renter households, peaking at 3.4% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 12103024301 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 (Tacoma, WA), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 12103024301 compare to St. Petersburg overall?
Tract 12103024301 scores 3.5/10, 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.
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