Lakeland Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 12105011204 · Polk, FL · pop 1,425
The Moderate-tier score of 4.5/10 for census tract 12105011204 reflects conditions in Lakeland in Polk County, Florida. On the national scale it ranks #64,275 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 28% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $982 a month while the average household earns $29,500 a year, roughly 40% of income at the averages. About 62% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across Lakeland and the region
Centroid at 28.0729, -81.9766 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lakeland scores 5.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow Lakeland compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 86
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 85%Socioeconomic
- 80%Household composition
- 93%Racial/ethnic minority
- 64%Housing & transportation
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)
- 659Total filings over 17 yrs
- 15.81%Avg annual filing rate
- 36.0%Peak (2001)
- 31Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
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What drives eviction risk in Lakeland
The heaviest input here is economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Lakeland eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Polk County average of 5.0 and below the Florida statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 659 eviction filings here over 17 tracked years, with about 15.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 36.0% of renter households in 2001.
The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 86th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
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Highest-risk tracts in Lakeland
Top eight tracts in Lakeland ranked by composite eviction-risk score.