Neighborhood · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally
Cherokee Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Sarasota
Tract 12115000601 ·
Sarasota, FL · pop 2,322 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Tract 12115000601 sits in the Cherokee Park area of Sarasota, FL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4/10. Population here is 2,322. 61% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%Stable renters 2%Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units1,082
Renter share13.8%
SVI overall0.16
Poverty rate10.7%
Median income$98,182
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Cherokee Park
Moderate
Within parent city
19th percentile
#14 of 17 tracts In Sarasota
Very Low
Within county
67th percentile
#41 of 122 tracts In Sarasota
Elevated
Within state
56th percentile
#2,265 of 5,122 tracts In Florida
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sarasota and the region
Centroid at 27.3079, -82.5370 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cherokee Park scores 4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Sarasota
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.5
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
10.7% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$2,052 rent vs county FMR
6.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Sarasota
8.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Sarasota
8.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Sarasota
7.3
How Cherokee Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 16
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
33%Socioeconomic
15%Household composition
27%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)
24Total filings over 5 yrs
1.91%Avg annual filing rate
3.4%Peak (2003)
4Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year2002 to 2018
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 5 months.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Cherokee Park
Cost burden runs 85% here against 50.3% across Sarasota County. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.6/10.
Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.5/10.
Average gross rent is $2,052, 22% above the Sarasota average. Court records carry 24 eviction filings across 5 observed years.
Filings peaked in 2003 at 3.4% of renter households. In a typical year about 1.9% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 42% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. At 14% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.5/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 12115000601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12115000601?
Census tract 12115000601 in the Cherokee Park neighborhood scores 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 12115000601?
Median gross rent is $2,052/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 85% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 12115000601?
10.7% of residents in tract 12115000601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,322.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 12115000601?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 16th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 33th, household 15th, minority 27th, housing 16th.
Q5
Is tract 12115000601 considered part of Cherokee Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 12115000601 fall within Cherokee Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12115000601?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 24 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 12115000601 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.91% of renter households, peaking at 3.4% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 12115000601 compare to Sarasota overall?
Tract 12115000601 scores 4/10, right in line with the parent city of Sarasota at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sarasota; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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