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Neighborhood · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally

Cove Springs Eviction Risk: Lower , Palm Harbor

Tract 12103027504 · Pinellas, FL · pop 2,492 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Tract 12103027504 sits in the Cove Springs area of Tarpon Springs, FL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.7/10. The severe-burden share is 42%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 6% Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units1,155
Renter share23.9%
SVI overall0.54
Poverty rate8.7%
Median income$61,801

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Cove Springs
Very High
Within parent city
40 th percentile
Rank, 40th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 6 tracts In Palm Harbor
Moderate
Within county
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#136 of 273 tracts In Pinellas
Moderate
Within state
47 th percentile
Rank, 47th percentileLowHigh
#2,707 of 5,122 tracts In Florida
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Palm Harbor and the region

Centroid at 28.1332, -82.7649 · click any tract to drill in

Why Cove Springs scores 3.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Palm Harbor
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
8.7% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$1,265 rent vs county FMR
1.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Palm Harbor
8.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Palm Harbor
4.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Palm Harbor
6.7

How Cove Springs compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Cove Springs risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.7This tracttract 0275043.8Palm Harborparent city3.9Countyavg 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

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 35Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.5Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.5Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.97×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 Tacoma, WA as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Cove Springs. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Cove Springs

about three-quarters of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Pinellas County average of 53.4%. Pulling hardest the other way is eviction-process difficulty at 1.1/10. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.4/10.

Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Nationally it ranks #54,273 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 24% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.8/10. It tracks the Pinellas County average of 3.8 closely. Average gross rent is $1,265, close to the Tarpon Springs average.

Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $61,801.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 12103027504

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12103027504?

Census tract 12103027504 in the Cove Springs neighborhood scores 3.7/10 (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 12103027504?

Median gross rent is $1,265/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 74% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 12103027504?

8.7% of residents in tract 12103027504 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,492.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 12103027504?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 54th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 39th, household 72th, minority 31th, housing 65th.
Q5

Is tract 12103027504 considered part of Cove Springs?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 12103027504 fall within Cove Springs (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 12103027504 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.97× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Tacoma, WA), 2020-2021.
Q7

How does tract 12103027504 compare to Palm Harbor overall?

Tract 12103027504 scores 3.7/10, right in line with the parent city of Palm Harbor at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Palm Harbor; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Palm Harbor

Top eight tracts in Palm Harbor ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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