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Census Tract · Ranked #23,808 of 84,120 nationally

Crystal Lake Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 12105011704 · Polk, FL · pop 4,463 · 22% of tract blocks fall in Crystal Lake

Tract 12105011704 sits in Crystal Lake, FL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.5/10. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.3/10.

Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32% Stable renters 28% Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units1,655
Renter share59.1%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate37.2%
Median income$37,403

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Crystal Lake
Very High
Within county
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 174 tracts In Polk
Very High
Within state
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#431 of 5,122 tracts In Florida
Very High
National
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#23,808 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Crystal Lake and the region

Centroid at 28.0246, -81.8992 · click any tract to drill in

Why Crystal Lake scores 5.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Crystal Lake
4.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
37.2% poverty · this tract
9.3
Supply constraint
$1,052 rent vs county FMR
2.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Crystal Lake
7.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Crystal Lake
9.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Crystal Lake
8.0

How Crystal Lake compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Crystal Lake risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.5This tracttract 0117044.1Crystal Lakeparent city3.9Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 90

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

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 1,771Total filings over 17 yrs
  • 12.35%Avg annual filing rate
  • 21.5%Peak (2007)
  • 94Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 12105011704
Filings climbed 18% over the past 17 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Crystal Lake

The severe-burden share is 29%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the high side, economic stress reads 9.3/10. The poverty rate is 37%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1/10. Set annual rent against average income of $37,403 and the ratio lands at 34%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Adults with no health insurance runs 25.8% against 11.3% nationally.

Against the Polk County average of 3.9, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.6 points. Disability prevalence runs 45.4% against 31.5% nationally. Against Polk County at 45.8%, 53% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,771 filings here across 17 tracked years. At $1,052 a month, rents run 11% under what the rest of Crystal Lake commands.

The worst year on record was 2007, when 21.5% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 12.3% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #23,808 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 12105011704

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12105011704?

Census tract 12105011704 in Crystal Lake scores 5.5/10 (Moderate 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 12105011704?

Median gross rent is $1,052/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 12105011704?

37.2% of residents in tract 12105011704 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,463.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 12105011704?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 95th, minority 78th, housing 68th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12105011704?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,771 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 12105011704 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.35% of renter households, peaking at 21.5% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

How does tract 12105011704 compare to Crystal Lake overall?

Tract 12105011704 scores 5.5/10, higher than the parent city of Crystal Lake at 4.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Crystal Lake; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Crystal Lake

Top eight tracts in Crystal Lake ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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