11 census tracts · pop 51,130 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.9/10
· range 3.3–5
Alhambra is a 11-tract suburb of Phoenix, AZ, population 51,130. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 4.9/10, Moderate tier. 47% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, markedly above the Phoenix rate of 31.0%.
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10. 24% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. Well under the midpoint is supply constraint, at 1.8/10.
The poverty rate is 27%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. The 11 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 3.3 to 5, a 1.7-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address. 22.8% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt.
Average gross rent is $1,319, 17% below the Phoenix average of $1,582. SNAP participation is 26.6% of households versus 15.2% nationally.
Court records carry 12,016 eviction filings across its 11 observed tracts. Filing activity peaked in 2005 at 159.3% of renter households. On the softer side is eviction-process difficulty, at 3/10.
Among the 113 mapped neighborhoods of Phoenix, it ranks #14 by risk, the upper third. Judgments average 22.0% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
The closest comparables inside the same city are Melrose District and Parkwood.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 1.7 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
11 tracts · population-weighted
Alhambra vs PhoenixHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority81%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport70%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Alhambra
Aggregated across 11 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
12,016Total filings (sum)
36.27%Avg annual filing rate
159.3%Peak year (2005)
32.90%Latest filed (2005)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Alhambra
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
23.3%Housing insecurity
14.1%Utility shutoff threat
33.8%Food insecurity
27.4%SNAP enrollment
23.9%No health insurance
38.0%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Alhambra
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Alhambra?
Alhambra scores 4.9/10 (Moderate tier) across 11 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 Alhambra compare to Phoenix overall?
Alhambra scores 1.3 points higher than Phoenix overall (3.6/10). Renters spend 47% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,319 vs $1,582.
Q3
What is the average rent in Alhambra?
Average gross rent in Alhambra is $1,319/month (pop-weighted across 11 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Alhambra residents are renters?
56% of Alhambra households are renter-occupied (vs 43% in Phoenix). The neighborhood has 51,130 residents.
Q5
Is Alhambra a high social-vulnerability area?
Alhambra sits in the 86th 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 Alhambra have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Alhambra is census tract 04013106900 (score 5/10). Across the 11 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.3 to 5, a spread of 1.7 points.
Q7
How safe is Alhambra for landlords?
Alhambra carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.9/10). Pop-weighted across 11 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Phoenix as a whole (3.6/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Alhambra?
Alhambra has 51,750 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (53.6%), White (non-Hispanic) (26.5%), Black (non-Hispanic) (10.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
