Within parent city
86
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Bartow Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 12105015301 · Polk, FL · pop 4,201 · 28% of tract blocks fall in Bartow
Tract 12105015301 sits in Bartow, FL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.1/10. It is home to 4,201 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is eviction-process difficulty at 1.3/10.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units1,466
Renter share16.2%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate27.1%
Median income$41,611
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
88
th percentile
High
Within state
81
th percentile
High
National
63
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bartow and the region
Centroid at 27.8683, -81.7735 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bartow scores 5.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Bartow
4.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
27.1% poverty · this tract
6.8
Supply constraint
$877 rent vs county FMR
1.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bartow
5.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bartow
7.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bartow
6.1
How Bartow compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 91
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 87%Socioeconomic
- 87%Household composition
- 64%Racial/ethnic minority
- 87%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)
- 408Total filings over 17 yrs
- 6.92%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.0%Peak (2015)
- 31Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 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 Bartow
On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Disability prevalence runs 46.4% against 31.5% nationally. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.6/10.
The poverty rate is 27%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. At $877 a month, rents run 23% under what the rest of Bartow commands. Against the Polk County average of 3.9, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points.
Adults with no health insurance runs 22.0% against 11.3% nationally. The severe-burden share is 10%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The filing record is not thin: 408 evictions over 17 years of observation.
The worst year on record was 2015, when 10.0% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 6.9% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #31,049 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
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 12105015301
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12105015301?
Census tract 12105015301 in Bartow scores 5.1/10 (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 12105015301?
Median gross rent is $877/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12105015301?
27.1% of residents in tract 12105015301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,201.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12105015301?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 87th, household 87th, minority 64th, housing 87th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12105015301?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 408 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 12105015301 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.92% of renter households, peaking at 10.0% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 12105015301 compare to Bartow overall?
Tract 12105015301 scores 5.1/10, higher than the parent city of Bartow at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bartow; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Bartow
Top eight tracts in Bartow ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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