Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #59,654 of 84,120 nationally
Lakeland Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 12105010604 · Polk, FL · pop 3,756
12105010604 is a census tract in Lakeland, FL. It scores 3.4/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,756 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 31%
Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units1,629
Renter share51.3%
SVI overall0.43
Poverty rate17.1%
Median income$73,750
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
39
th percentile
Low
Within state
39
th percentile
Low
National
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lakeland and the region
Centroid at 28.0029, -81.9365 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lakeland scores 3.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Lakeland
2.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
17.1% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$1,384 rent vs county FMR
5.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lakeland
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lakeland
2.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lakeland
2.5
How Lakeland compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 43
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 35%Socioeconomic
- 69%Household composition
- 58%Racial/ethnic minority
- 32%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)
- 652Total filings over 17 yrs
- 7.72%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.7%Peak (2016)
- 34Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 17% over the past 17 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lakeland
Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Severe burden reaches 16%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 2/10. Cost burden runs 39% here against 45.8% across Polk County.
The filing record is not thin: 652 evictions over 17 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2016 at 9.7% of renter households. In a typical year about 7.7% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 29% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.9/10. It tracks the Polk County average of 3.9 closely.
Average gross rent is $1,384, close to the Lakeland average. Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $73,750.
51% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 12105010604
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12105010604?
Census tract 12105010604 in Lakeland scores 3.4/10 (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 12105010604?
Median gross rent is $1,384/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12105010604?
17.1% of residents in tract 12105010604 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,756.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12105010604?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 43th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 35th, household 69th, minority 58th, housing 32th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12105010604?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 652 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 12105010604 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.72% of renter households, peaking at 9.7% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 12105010604 compare to Lakeland overall?
Tract 12105010604 scores 3.4/10, right in line with the parent city of Lakeland at 3.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lakeland eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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