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Census Tract · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally

Mesa Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 04013421302 · Maricopa, AZ · pop 5,809

With a score of 4.6/10, tract 04013421302 in Mesa, AZ reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. The severe-burden share is 30%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24% Stable renters 38% Owners 38%
Tract context
Occupied units2,303
Renter share62.7%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate26.0%
Median income$55,305

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#10 of 133 tracts In Mesa
Very High
Within county
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#230 of 1,009 tracts In Maricopa
High
Within state
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#397 of 1,765 tracts In Arizona
High
National
53 th percentile
Rank, 53rd percentileLowHigh
#39,308 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Mesa and the region

Centroid at 33.4150, -111.8483 · click any tract to drill in

Why Mesa scores 4.6

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
26.0% poverty · this tract
6.5
Supply constraint
$1,322 rent vs county FMR
1.8
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 compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Mesa risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.64.6This tracttract 421302Mesa: 3.23.2Mesaparent cityCounty: 3.73.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 97

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)

  • 1,523Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 22.12%Avg annual filing rate
  • 28.5%Peak (2004)
  • 349Filings in 2005 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2005
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 040134213022001: 336 filings (25.17/100 renter HHs)2002: 292 filings (21.87/100 renter HHs)2003: 166 filings (12.43/100 renter HHs)2004: 380 filings (28.46/100 renter HHs)2005: 349 filings (22.68/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Mesa

The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.9/10.

Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.8/10. The poverty rate is 26%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Cost burden runs 39% here against 46.0% across Maricopa County.

Adults with no health insurance runs 23.0% against 11.3% nationally. Average gross rent is $1,322, 18% below the Mesa average. The filing record is not thin: 1,523 evictions over 5 years of observation.

It sits 0.9 points above the Maricopa County average of 3.7. Housing insecurity runs 22.4% against 14.2% nationally. The worst year on record was 2004, when 28.5% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 22.1% 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 04013421302

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 04013421302?

Census tract 04013421302 in Mesa scores 4.6/10 (Moderate 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 04013421302?

Median gross rent is $1,322/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 04013421302?

26.0% of residents in tract 04013421302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,809.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 04013421302?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 93th, minority 82th, housing 99th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 04013421302?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,523 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 04013421302 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 22.12% of renter households, peaking at 28.5% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 04013421302 struggle to pay rent?

About 22.4% 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. 13.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 04013421302 compare to Mesa overall?

Tract 04013421302 scores 4.6/10, higher than 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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