Within county
32
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #51,553 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 12105012306 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 12105012306 · Polk, FL · pop 1,904
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 12105012306 (Polk, Florida) comes in at 3.8/10, the Lower tier. It lands near the 9th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 13% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,283 a month while the average household earns $85,039 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 8% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units779
Renter share8.1%
SVI overall0.46
Poverty rate14.3%
Median income$85,039
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
52
th percentile
Moderate
National
39
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Polk and the region
Centroid at 28.2986, -81.9919 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 12105012306 scores 3.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
1.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
14.3% poverty · this tract
3.6
Supply constraint
$1,283 rent vs county FMR
4.6
Rent control risk
State baseline
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 12105012306 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 46
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 63%Socioeconomic
- 62%Household composition
- 14%Racial/ethnic minority
- 26%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)
- 124Total filings over 17 yrs
- 6.12%Avg annual filing rate
- 17.1%Peak (2002)
- 5Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 55% over the past 17 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 12105012306
What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are set by Florida eviction laws law, 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 46th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 124 eviction filings here over 17 tracked years, with about 6.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 17.1% of renter households in 2002.
For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 12105012306
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12105012306?
Census tract 12105012306 in Polk 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 12105012306?
Median gross rent is $1,283/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 13% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12105012306?
14.3% of residents in tract 12105012306 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,904.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12105012306?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 46th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 63th, household 62th, minority 14th, housing 26th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12105012306?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 124 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 12105012306 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.12% of renter households, peaking at 17.1% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
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