Rent information is provided to help illustrate that back rent sought in eviction cases is generally around 2 months rent.

Median Rent from American Community Survey 5-Year Data presented with eviction filing rate. Select "2010" to display ACS 5-Year (2006-2010) and 2010 filing rate, "2018" for ACS 5-Year (2014-2018) and 2018 filing rate, or "Avg" to display overtime averages (this is the default display).

Tract ACS 5-year (2006-2010) ACS 5-year (2014-2018) Tract
Tract 2001.00 $784 $980 Tract 2001.00
Tract 2002.00 $955 $1039 Tract 2002.00
Tract 2003.00 $817 $988 Tract 2003.00
Tract 2004.01 $1075 $972 Tract 2004.01
Tract 2004.02 $801 $901 Tract 2004.02
Tract 8312.00 $910 $862 Tract 8312.00
From the American Community Survey "Median Rent" variable from "Gross Rent" (table DP04). For more information, read our methodology.