2 census tracts · pop 7,503 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.9/10
· range 3.8–5
Centura West is a 2-tract neighborhood of Phoenix, AZ and houses 7,503 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 3.9/10, Lower tier. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10.
29.2% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt. 18% 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.
31% of renters spend 30% or more of household income on rent. CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 25.0% of adults, against 14.2% nationally.
Scores across the 2 constituent tracts range from 3.8 to 5. A 1.2-point internal spread means block-level underwriting beats area-level here. On the softer side is supply constraint, at 2.4/10.
The filing record is not thin: 809 evictions logged in this tract. Well under the midpoint is economic stress, at 2.8/10.
Filing activity peaked in 2005 at 19.3% of renter households. Average gross rent is $1,451, 8% below the Phoenix average of $1,582. That places it #54 of 113 neighborhoods in Phoenix.
Judgments average 17.6% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. For a like-for-like read, Cimarron and Adobe score within a fraction of it.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 1.2 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
2 tracts · population-weighted
Centura West vs PhoenixHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority93%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport51%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Centura West
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
809Total filings (sum)
39.52%Avg annual filing rate
19.3%Peak year (2005)
19.27%Latest filed (2005)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Centura West
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
24.7%Housing insecurity
12.2%Utility shutoff threat
34.2%Food insecurity
22.9%SNAP enrollment
32.7%No health insurance
37.4%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Centura West
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Centura West?
Centura West scores 3.9/10 (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 Centura West compare to Phoenix overall?
Centura West scores 0.3 points higher than Phoenix overall (3.6/10). Renters spend 31% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,451 vs $1,582.
Q3
What is the average rent in Centura West?
Average gross rent in Centura West is $1,451/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Centura West residents are renters?
40% of Centura West households are renter-occupied (vs 43% in Phoenix). The neighborhood has 7,503 residents.
Q5
Is Centura West a high social-vulnerability area?
Centura West sits in the 85th 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 Centura West have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Centura West is census tract 04013112512 (score 5/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.8 to 5, a spread of 1.2 points.
Q7
How safe is Centura West for landlords?
Centura West carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.9/10). 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 Phoenix as a whole (3.6/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Centura West?
Centura West has 7,383 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (84.4%), White (non-Hispanic) (10.1%), Black (non-Hispanic) (4.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
