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Neighborhood · Ranked #59,654 of 84,120 nationally

Mesa Patios Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 04013420902 · Maricopa, AZ · pop 4,005 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Census tract 04013420902 covers part of the Mesa Patios area of Mesa, AZ, and scores 3.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,005 residents. Severe burden reaches 38%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 14% Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units1,355
Renter share30.0%
SVI overall0.74
Poverty rate11.0%
Median income$79,085

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 7 tracts In Mesa Patios
Very Low
Within parent city
55 th percentile
Rank, 55th percentileLowHigh
#60 of 133 tracts In Mesa
Elevated
Within county
51 th percentile
Rank, 51st percentileLowHigh
#496 of 1,009 tracts In Maricopa
Moderate
Within state
49 th percentile
Rank, 49th percentileLowHigh
#897 of 1,765 tracts In Arizona
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Mesa and the region

Centroid at 33.4261, -111.8142 · click any tract to drill in

Why Mesa Patios scores 3.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Mesa
3.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.1
State political climate
Arizona legislature & governorship
2.2
Economic stress
11.0% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$1,217 rent vs county FMR
1.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Mesa
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Mesa
2.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Mesa
2.5

How Mesa Patios compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Mesa Patios risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.43.4This tracttract 420902Mesa: 3.23.2Mesaparent cityCounty: 3.73.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 74

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)

  • 163Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 10.14%Avg annual filing rate
  • 11.9%Peak (2001)
  • 28Filings in 2005 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2005
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 040134209022001: 39 filings (11.85/100 renter HHs)2002: 25 filings (7.60/100 renter HHs)2003: 32 filings (9.73/100 renter HHs)2004: 39 filings (11.85/100 renter HHs)2005: 28 filings (9.69/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 28% over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Mesa Patios. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Mesa Patios

The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.9/10.

Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.2/10. Average gross rent is $1,217, 25% below the Mesa average. Against Maricopa County at 46.0%, 53% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 163 filings here across 5 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2001, when 11.9% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 10.1% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 29th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 7.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Maricopa County average of 3.7 closely. Annual rent works out to 18% of average household income of $79,085.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 04013420902

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 04013420902?

Census tract 04013420902 in the Mesa Patios neighborhood scores 3.4/10 (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 04013420902?

Median gross rent is $1,217/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 04013420902?

11.0% of residents in tract 04013420902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,005.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 04013420902?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 70th, household 93th, minority 47th, housing 52th.
Q5

Is tract 04013420902 considered part of Mesa Patios?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 04013420902 fall within Mesa Patios (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 04013420902?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 163 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 04013420902 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.14% of renter households, peaking at 11.9% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 04013420902 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.7% 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. 6.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 04013420902 compare to Mesa overall?

Tract 04013420902 scores 3.4/10, right in line with the parent city of Mesa at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Mesa eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Mesa

Top eight tracts in Mesa ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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