3 census tracts · pop 10,965 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5/10
· range 4.6–5.5
Litchfield Junction takes in 3 census tracts of Avondale, AZ and houses 10,965 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 5/10, in the Moderate tier. 29.3% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt.
The clearest offset is eviction-process difficulty, at 1.9/10. At $1,412 a month, rents sit 23% under what the rest of Avondale commands.
On the softer side is supply constraint, at 2.2/10. The severe-burden share is 15%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. Court records carry 957 eviction filings across its 3 observed tracts.
The poverty rate is 18%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. SNAP participation is 26.3% of households versus 15.2% nationally. Cost burden runs 37% against 32.7% citywide, putting Litchfield Junction 4.7% over its own city.
Sitting well above the midpoint is rent-regulation exposure at 7.4/10. The worst year on record was 2005, when filings touched 30.9% of renter households.
Among the 8 mapped neighborhoods of Avondale, it ranks #2 by risk, the upper third. Judgments average 9.2% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
5
Moderate
3 tracts · population-weighted
Litchfield Junction vs AvondaleHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority88%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport81%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Litchfield Junction
Aggregated across 3 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
957Total filings (sum)
15.74%Avg annual filing rate
30.9%Peak year (2005)
17.72%Latest filed (2005)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Litchfield Junction
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
23.2%Housing insecurity
12.3%Utility shutoff threat
32.4%Food insecurity
23.3%SNAP enrollment
28.2%No health insurance
37.2%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Litchfield Junction
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Litchfield Junction?
Litchfield Junction scores 5/10 (Moderate tier) across 3 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Litchfield Junction compare to Avondale overall?
Litchfield Junction scores 0.9 points higher than Avondale overall (4.1/10). Renters spend 37% of income on rent vs 33% citywide. Average rent: $1,412 vs $1,832.
Q3
What is the average rent in Litchfield Junction?
Average gross rent in Litchfield Junction is $1,412/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Litchfield Junction residents are renters?
56% of Litchfield Junction households are renter-occupied (vs 38% in Avondale). The neighborhood has 10,965 residents.
Q5
Is Litchfield Junction a high social-vulnerability area?
Litchfield Junction sits in the 92nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Litchfield Junction have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Litchfield Junction is census tract 04013061401 (score 5.5/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 4.6 to 5.5, a spread of 0.9 points.
Q7
How safe is Litchfield Junction for landlords?
Litchfield Junction carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5/10). Pop-weighted across 3 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Avondale as a whole (4.1/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Litchfield Junction?
Litchfield Junction has 10,412 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (74.6%), White (non-Hispanic) (15.8%), Black (non-Hispanic) (6.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
