Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #19,562 of 84,120 nationally
Wahneta Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 12105014502 · Polk, FL · pop 3,213
Tract 12105014502, home to 3,213 residents in Wahneta, scores 5.8/10 for landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #26,169 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 50% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $979 a month while the average household earns $47,009 a year, roughly 25% of income at the averages. Renters make up 34% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units978
Renter share34.4%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate27.2%
Median income$47,009
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
92
th percentile
Very High
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
National
77
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wahneta and the region
Centroid at 27.9532, -81.7258 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wahneta scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Wahneta
4.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
27.2% poverty · this tract
6.8
Supply constraint
$979 rent vs county FMR
2.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wahneta
6.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wahneta
7.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wahneta
7.7
How Wahneta compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 85
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 87%Socioeconomic
- 85%Household composition
- 78%Racial/ethnic minority
- 58%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)
- 246Total filings over 17 yrs
- 3.73%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.4%Peak (2000)
- 6Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 82% over the past 17 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wahneta
What moves this score most is housing court bias at 7.7/10. 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 inherited from Wahneta, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Polk County average of 5.0 and above the Florida statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 246 eviction filings here over 17 tracked years, with about 3.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 9.4% of renter households in 2000.
The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 85th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 12105014502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12105014502?
Census tract 12105014502 in Wahneta scores 5.4/10 (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 12105014502?
Median gross rent is $979/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12105014502?
27.2% of residents in tract 12105014502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,213.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12105014502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 87th, household 85th, minority 78th, housing 58th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12105014502?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 246 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 12105014502 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.73% of renter households, peaking at 9.4% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 12105014502 compare to Wahneta overall?
Tract 12105014502 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Wahneta at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wahneta; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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