Lakeland Eviction Risk: Lower

On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. 54% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Polk County average of 45.8%.

16% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running cool, tenant-organizing strength reads 2/10.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,017 filings here across 17 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2005, when 15.0% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 13.9% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #56,048 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

It tracks the Polk County average of 3.9 closely. Average gross rent is $1,413, close to the Lakeland average. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $70,346.

26% 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.