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Neighborhood · Phoenix, AZ

Laveen Eviction Risk: Lower

2 census tracts · pop 11,034 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10 · range 3–3

Laveen is a 2-tract suburb of Phoenix, AZ and houses 11,034 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 3/10, placing it in the Lower tier. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10.

The severe-burden share is 17%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. On the softer side is economic stress, at 2.6/10. Filings are well documented here: 83 across 2 observed tracts.

Cost burden runs 36% against 31.0% citywide, putting Laveen 4.5% over its own city. The voucher gap is 11.4%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears.

Filing activity peaked in 2005 at 31.8% of renter households. Well under the midpoint is eviction-process difficulty, at 3/10. Average gross rent is $1,424, 10% below the Phoenix average of $1,582.

Among the 113 mapped neighborhoods of Phoenix, it ranks #84 by risk, the lower third. Judgments average 8.9% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. Only 20% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin here; price renewals off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.

The closest comparables inside the same city are Rancho San Carlos and Overland Trail. Against average income of $115,889, annual rent is only 15%, a wide affordability cushion.

With little internal variation, 3/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
3
Lower
2 tracts · population-weighted
Laveen vs Phoenix How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
35.5% +15%
Phoenix: 31.0%
Average gross rent
$1,424 -10%
Phoenix: $1,582
Average HH income
$115,889 +50%
Phoenix: $77,041
Poverty rate
10.3% -28%
Phoenix: 14.3%
Renter share
20.1% -53%
Phoenix: 42.7%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Laveen and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 2 tracts span score 3–3

Why Laveen scores 3

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 2.2–2.2 across tracts
2.2
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 5.1–5.1 across tracts
5.1
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 5.5–5.5 across tracts
5.5
Rent control risk
36% of income on rent · Range 1.0–1.0 across tracts
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 3.0–3.0 across tracts
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
20% renter households · Range 4.5–4.5 across tracts
4.5
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 3.0–3.0 across tracts
3.0
Economic stress
10.3% below poverty line · Range 2.3–3.1 across tracts
2.6
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 5.0–6.9 across tracts
6.2
Risk score comparison

Laveen vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Laveen score vs. parent city, state, U.S.3.0LaveenNeighborhood3.6Parent cityhost city3.6Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

2 tracts in Laveen

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract↕ Score↕ Pop↕ % over 30% on rent↕ Average rent↕
04013116610 3 6,798 48% $2,312
04013116611 3 4,236 16% ,
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 49

Pop-weighted across 2 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 41%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 63%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 81%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 35%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Laveen

Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 83Total filings (sum)
  • 18.91%Avg annual filing rate
  • 31.8%Peak year (2005)
  • 19.90%Latest filed (2005)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Laveen

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Laveen

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Laveen?

Laveen scores 3/10 (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 Laveen compare to Phoenix overall?

Laveen scores 0.6 points lower than Phoenix overall (3.6/10). Renters spend 36% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,424 vs $1,582.
Q3

What is the average rent in Laveen?

Average gross rent in Laveen is $1,424/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Laveen residents are renters?

20% of Laveen households are renter-occupied (vs 43% in Phoenix). The neighborhood has 11,034 residents.
Q5

Is Laveen a high social-vulnerability area?

Laveen sits in the 49th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less 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 Laveen have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Laveen is census tract 04013116610 (score 3/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 3, a spread of 0 points.
Q7

How safe is Laveen for landlords?

Laveen carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3/10). 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 lower-risk.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Laveen?

Laveen has 11,609 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (45.6%), White (non-Hispanic) (28.4%), Black (non-Hispanic) (12.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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