Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #81,634 of 84,120 nationally
Palm Valley Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 12109020704 · St. Johns, FL · pop 3,086
Palm Valley is where census tract 12109020704 sits, home to 3,086 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 4.2/10. That is riskier than roughly 16% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 29% of renter households, a moderate level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $3,501 a month against an average household income of $160,236 a year, roughly 26% of income at the averages. About 6% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 94%
Tract context
Occupied units1,351
Renter share5.9%
SVI overall0.04
Poverty rate3.7%
Median income$160,236
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
14
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
1
th percentile
Very Low
National
3
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Palm Valley and the region
Centroid at 30.1610, -81.3784 · click any tract to drill in
Why Palm Valley scores 1.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Palm Valley
5.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.7
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
3.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$3,501 rent vs county FMR
10.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Palm Valley
8.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Palm Valley
4.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Palm Valley
5.7
How Palm Valley compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 4
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 5%Socioeconomic
- 7%Household composition
- 23%Racial/ethnic minority
- 16%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)
- 1Total filings over 1 yrs
- 0.79%Avg annual filing rate
- 0.8%Peak (2010)
- 1Filings in 2010 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Palm Valley
The score leans hardest on 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 inherited from Palm Valley, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the St. Johns County average of 3.9 and below the Florida statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 0.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 0.8% of renter households in 2010.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 4th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 12109020704
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12109020704?
Census tract 12109020704 in Palm Valley scores 1.2/10 (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 12109020704?
Median gross rent is $3,501/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12109020704?
3.7% of residents in tract 12109020704 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,086.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12109020704?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 4th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 7th, minority 23th, housing 16th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12109020704?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 12109020704 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.79% of renter households, peaking at 0.8% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 12109020704 compare to Palm Valley overall?
Tract 12109020704 scores 1.2/10, lower than the parent city of Palm Valley at 2.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Palm Valley; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Palm Valley
Top eight tracts in Palm Valley ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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