Within neighborhood
33
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #61,558 of 84,120 nationally
Meadowlawn Eviction Risk: Lower , St. Petersburg
Tract 12103024302 · Pinellas, FL · pop 4,569 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
With a score of 3.3/10, tract 12103024302 in the Meadowlawn area of St. Petersburg, FL reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,569. The severe-burden share is 27%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units2,001
Renter share23.1%
SVI overall0.60
Poverty rate10.2%
Median income$77,546
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
47
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
37
th percentile
Low
Within state
36
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across St. Petersburg and the region
Centroid at 27.8310, -82.6607 · click any tract to drill in
Why Meadowlawn scores 3.3
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
10.2% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,941 rent vs county FMR
4.8
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: 60
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 62%Socioeconomic
- 56%Household composition
- 37%Racial/ethnic minority
- 57%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
- 3%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)
- 136Total filings over 16 yrs
- 2.93%Avg annual filing rate
- 17.6%Peak (2004)
- 9Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 125% over the past 18 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 85Total filings 2020-21
- 1.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.16×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near 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
Pulling hardest the other way is state political climate at 1.5/10. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. Cost burden runs 44% here against 53.4% across Pinellas County.
On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.6/10. Average gross rent is $1,941, 17% above the St. Petersburg average.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 136 filings here across 16 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2004 at 17.6% of renter households. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for St. Petersburg. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
In a typical year about 2.9% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 27th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 23% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.4/10. It tracks the Pinellas County average of 3.8 closely.
Annual rent works out to 30% of average household income of $77,546.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 12103024302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12103024302?
Census tract 12103024302 in the Meadowlawn neighborhood scores 3.3/10 (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 12103024302?
Median gross rent is $1,941/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12103024302?
10.2% of residents in tract 12103024302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,569.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12103024302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 62th, household 56th, minority 37th, housing 57th.
Q5
Is tract 12103024302 considered part of Meadowlawn?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 12103024302 fall within Meadowlawn (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12103024302?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 136 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 12103024302 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.93% of renter households, peaking at 17.6% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 12103024302 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.16× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Tacoma, WA), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 12103024302 compare to St. Petersburg overall?
Tract 12103024302 scores 3.3/10, right in line with the parent city of St. Petersburg at 3.5/10. 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 12103024302 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. 3% 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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