Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Fountain Hills Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 04013216820 · Maricopa, AZ · pop 4,147
With a score of 3/10, tract 04013216820 in Fountain Hills, AZ reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,147. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.9/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units2,070
Renter share14.6%
SVI overall0.18
Poverty rate4.3%
Median income$84,891
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
29
th percentile
Low
Within state
40
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fountain Hills and the region
Centroid at 33.6132, -111.7064 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fountain Hills scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Fountain Hills
4.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.1
State political climate
Arizona legislature & governorship
2.2
Economic stress
4.3% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,467 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fountain Hills
6.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fountain Hills
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fountain Hills
5.1
How Fountain Hills compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 18
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 19%Socioeconomic
- 53%Household composition
- 19%Racial/ethnic minority
- 17%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)
- 47Total filings over 5 yrs
- 3.78%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.6%Peak (2005)
- 12Filings in 2005 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 50% over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 5.7%Housing insecurity
- 3.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.7%Food insecurity
- 5.3%SNAP enrollment
- 4.7%Transit barriers
- 6.2%No health insurance
- 12.1%Frequent mental distress
- 29.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fountain Hills
On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.1/10. Cost burden runs 38% here against 46.0% across Maricopa County. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2/10.
At $1,467 a month, rents run 22% under what the rest of Fountain Hills commands. The severe-burden share is 13%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Food insecurity runs 7.7% against 17.8% nationally.
The filing record is not thin: 47 evictions over 5 years of observation. Against the Maricopa County average of 3.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.7 points.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.5% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Filings peaked in 2005 at 3.6% of renter households. In a typical year about 3.8% of renter households face a filing.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 04013216820
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 04013216820?
Census tract 04013216820 in Fountain Hills scores 3/10 (Lower 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 04013216820?
Median gross rent is $1,467/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 04013216820?
4.3% of residents in tract 04013216820 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,147.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 04013216820?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 18th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 19th, household 53th, minority 19th, housing 17th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 04013216820?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 47 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 04013216820 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.78% of renter households, peaking at 3.6% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 04013216820 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.7% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 3.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 04013216820 compare to Fountain Hills overall?
Tract 04013216820 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Fountain Hills at 3.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fountain Hills eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Fountain Hills
Top eight tracts in Fountain Hills ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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