Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #23,808 of 84,120 nationally
Crystal Lake Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 12105011731 · Polk, FL · pop 5,480 · 83% of tract blocks fall in Crystal Lake
Tract 12105011731 sits in Crystal Lake, FL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.5/10. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.3/10.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units1,211
Renter share42.8%
SVI overall0.81
Poverty rate24.6%
Median income$54,968
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
98
th percentile
Very High
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
National
72
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Crystal Lake and the region
Centroid at 28.0365, -81.9168 · click any tract to drill in
Why Crystal Lake scores 5.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
24.6% poverty · this tract
6.1
Supply constraint
$1,286 rent vs county FMR
4.6
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 81
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 84%Socioeconomic
- 23%Household composition
- 62%Racial/ethnic minority
- 94%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)
- 1,392Total filings over 17 yrs
- 12.53%Avg annual filing rate
- 19.6%Peak (2001)
- 37Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 64% 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
Severe burden reaches 29%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1/10.
56% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Polk County average of 45.8%. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Against the Polk County average of 3.9, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.6 points.
The poverty rate is 25%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Court records carry 1,392 eviction filings across 17 observed years. The worst year on record was 2001, when 19.6% of renter households were served.
Average gross rent is $1,286, 9% above the Crystal Lake average. In a typical year about 12.5% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #23,808 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 12105011731
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12105011731?
Census tract 12105011731 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 12105011731?
Median gross rent is $1,286/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12105011731?
24.6% of residents in tract 12105011731 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,480.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12105011731?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 81th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 23th, minority 62th, housing 94th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12105011731?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,392 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 12105011731 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.53% of renter households, peaking at 19.6% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 12105011731 compare to Crystal Lake overall?
Tract 12105011731 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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