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Census Tract · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally

Ridge Wood Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 12115001803 · Sarasota, FL · pop 2,900 · 86% of tract blocks fall in Ridge Wood Heights

Tract 12115001803 sits in Ridge Wood Heights, FL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4/10. Population here is 2,900. Severe burden reaches 27%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 15% Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units1,427
Renter share33.0%
SVI overall0.40
Poverty rate9.7%
Median income$62,212

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Ridge Wood Heights
Very High
Within county
69 th percentile
Rank, 69th percentileLowHigh
#38 of 122 tracts In Sarasota
Elevated
Within state
56 th percentile
Rank, 56th percentileLowHigh
#2,265 of 5,122 tracts In Florida
Elevated
National
42 th percentile
Rank, 42nd percentileLowHigh
#48,956 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Ridge Wood Heights and the region

Centroid at 27.2853, -82.5166 · click any tract to drill in

Why Ridge Wood Heights scores 4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Ridge Wood Heights
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.5
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
9.7% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,529 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ridge Wood Heights
4.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ridge Wood Heights
5.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ridge Wood Heights
4.5

How Ridge Wood Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Ridge Wood Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.0This tracttract 0018033.4Ridge Wood Heightsparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 40

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)

  • 83Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 4.17%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.8%Peak (2003)
  • 10Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 12115001803
Filings dropped 44% over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Ridge Wood Heights

Pulling hardest the other way is eviction-process difficulty at 1.2/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.4/10. Against Sarasota County at 50.3%, 56% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 83 filings here across 5 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2003 at 6.8% of renter households. In a typical year about 4.2% of renter households face a filing.

That is riskier than roughly 42% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.6/10.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Sarasota County average of 3.8 closely.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 12115001803

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12115001803?

Census tract 12115001803 in Ridge Wood Heights 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 12115001803?

Median gross rent is $1,529/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 12115001803?

9.7% of residents in tract 12115001803 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,900.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 12115001803?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 68th, household 40th, minority 7th, housing 22th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12115001803?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 83 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 12115001803 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.17% of renter households, peaking at 6.8% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

How does tract 12115001803 compare to Ridge Wood Heights overall?

Tract 12115001803 scores 4/10, higher than the parent city of Ridge Wood Heights at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ridge Wood Heights; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Ridge Wood Heights

Top eight tracts in Ridge Wood Heights ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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