Within county
42
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #46,312 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 12105012404 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 12105012404 · Polk, FL · pop 2,208
Eviction risk in Polk centers on tract 12105012404, which scores 3.8/10 (Lower tier) and is home to 2,208 residents. On the national scale it ranks #76,339 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
16% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $48,839 a year. Renters make up 16% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 65% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units237
Renter share16.0%
SVI overall0.53
Poverty rate10.4%
Median income$48,839
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
60
th percentile
Elevated
National
45
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Polk and the region
Centroid at 28.2245, -81.7397 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 12105012404 scores 3.7
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
10.4% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 12105012404 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 53
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 64%Socioeconomic
- 26%Household composition
- 65%Racial/ethnic minority
- 45%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)
- 25Total filings over 13 yrs
- 14.37%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.9%Peak (2005)
- 2Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 100% 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 12105012404
The heaviest input here is supply constraint 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 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 White and Black and ranks around the 53rd 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 25 eviction filings here over 13 tracked years, with about 14.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 14.9% of renter households in 2005.
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 12105012404
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12105012404?
Census tract 12105012404 in Polk scores 3.7/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 12105012404?
10.4% of residents in tract 12105012404 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,208.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 12105012404?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 53th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 26th, minority 65th, housing 45th.
Q4
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12105012404?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 25 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 12105012404 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.37% of renter households, peaking at 14.9% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
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