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Census Tract · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally

Mulberry Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 12105014802 · Polk, FL · pop 3,081 · 37% of tract blocks fall in Mulberry

Census tract 12105014802 covers part of Mulberry, FL, and scores 4.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 8.9/10.

Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 15% Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units1,029
Renter share31.1%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate26.7%
Median income$50,770

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Mulberry
Very High
Within county
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#30 of 174 tracts In Polk
High
Within state
76 th percentile
Rank, 76th percentileLowHigh
#1,236 of 5,122 tracts In Florida
High
National
58 th percentile
Rank, 58th percentileLowHigh
#35,669 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Mulberry and the region

Centroid at 27.8712, -81.9490 · click any tract to drill in

Why Mulberry scores 4.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Mulberry
4.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
26.7% poverty · this tract
6.7
Supply constraint
$1,114 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Mulberry
8.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Mulberry
5.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Mulberry
8.3

How Mulberry compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Mulberry risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.8This tracttract 0148023.4Mulberryparent city3.9Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 75

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 413Total filings over 17 yrs
  • 10.26%Avg annual filing rate
  • 17.8%Peak (2000)
  • 17Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 12105014802
Filings dropped 62% over the past 17 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Mulberry

Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.2/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

The poverty rate is 27%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Average gross rent is $1,114, 21% above the Mulberry average. Against Polk County at 45.8%, about half of renters here are cost-burdened.

Adults with no health insurance runs 20.0% against 11.3% nationally. Against the Polk County average of 3.9, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 413 filings here across 17 tracked years. 9% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Filings peaked in 2000 at 17.8% of renter households. In a typical year about 10.3% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #35,669 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.7/10. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

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.

Frequently asked

About tract 12105014802

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12105014802?

Census tract 12105014802 in Mulberry scores 4.8/10 (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 12105014802?

Median gross rent is $1,114/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 12105014802?

26.7% of residents in tract 12105014802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,081.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 12105014802?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 53th, minority 56th, housing 89th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12105014802?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 413 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 12105014802 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.26% of renter households, peaking at 17.8% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

How does tract 12105014802 compare to Mulberry overall?

Tract 12105014802 scores 4.8/10, higher than the parent city of Mulberry at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Mulberry; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Mulberry

Top eight tracts in Mulberry ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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