2 census tracts · pop 8,576 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10
· range 3–3
Firerock spans 2 census tracts of Fountain Hills, AZ, population 8,576. Scored across those inputs it reaches 3/10, placing it in the Lower tier. The clearest offset is eviction-process difficulty, at 2/10.
On the softer side is economic stress, at 2.2/10. The severe-burden share is 14%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
Cost burden runs 36% against 31.3% citywide, putting Firerock 5.1% over its own city. The filing record is not thin: 119 evictions logged in this tract. Food insecurity affects 6.8% of adults, 11.0 points below the national rate.
SNAP participation is 4.9% of households versus 15.2% nationally. At $1,640 a month, rents sit 13% under what the rest of Fountain Hills commands.
Filing activity peaked in 2001 at 16.1% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 8.0% in 2005, is well off that peak. Only 15% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin here; price renewals off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
Against average income of $113,311, annual rent is only 17%, a wide affordability cushion. The 2 tracts here are tightly clustered, 0 points apart at the extremes.
With little internal variation, 3/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
3
Lower
2 tracts · population-weighted
Firerock vs Fountain HillsHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority9%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport13%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Firerock
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
119Total filings (sum)
9.14%Avg annual filing rate
16.1%Peak year (2001)
7.96%Latest filed (2005)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Firerock
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
4.8%Housing insecurity
3.1%Utility shutoff threat
6.7%Food insecurity
4.7%SNAP enrollment
4.9%No health insurance
29.0%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Firerock
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Firerock?
Firerock scores 3/10 (Lower tier) across 2 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 Firerock compare to Fountain Hills overall?
Firerock scores 0.5 points lower than Fountain Hills overall (3.5/10). Renters spend 36% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,640 vs $1,890.
Q3
What is the average rent in Firerock?
Average gross rent in Firerock is $1,640/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Firerock residents are renters?
15% of Firerock households are renter-occupied (vs 16% in Fountain Hills). The neighborhood has 8,576 residents.
Q5
Is Firerock a high social-vulnerability area?
Firerock sits in the 9th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Firerock have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Firerock is census tract 04013216821 (score 3/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 3, a spread of 0 points.
Q7
How safe is Firerock for landlords?
Firerock carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Fountain Hills as a whole (3.5/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Firerock?
Firerock has 8,294 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (91.6%), Other / Multiracial (4%), Hispanic / Latino (2.2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
