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Neighborhood · Phoenix, AZ

Lookout Mountain Eviction Risk: Moderate

2 census tracts · pop 7,103 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.6/10 · range 4–5

Lookout Mountain is a 2-tract neighborhood of Phoenix, AZ, population 7,103. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 4.6/10, in the Moderate tier. Cost burden runs 55% against 31.0% citywide, putting Lookout Mountain 23.5% over its own city.

The severe-burden share is 31%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. Pulling the other way is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10.

Running cool is supply constraint, at 1/10. Average gross rent is $1,154, 27% below the Phoenix average of $1,582. The poverty rate is 25%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest.

The 2 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 4 to 5, a 1-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address. Court records carry 1,198 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts. The worst year on record was 2004, when filings touched 30.9% of renter households.

On the softer side is eviction-process difficulty, at 3/10. 18.2% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt.

The most recent observed rate, 17.6% in 2005, is well off that peak. Among the 113 mapped neighborhoods of Phoenix, it ranks #25 by risk, the upper third.

For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 4.6 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
4.6
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Lookout Mountain vs Phoenix How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
54.5% +76%
Phoenix: 31.0%
Average gross rent
$1,154 -27%
Phoenix: $1,582
Average HH income
$58,735 -24%
Phoenix: $77,041
Poverty rate
24.5% +72%
Phoenix: 14.3%
Renter share
50.5% +18%
Phoenix: 42.7%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Lookout Mountain and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 2 tracts span score 4–5

Why Lookout Mountain scores 4.6

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
55% 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
51% 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
24.5% below poverty line · Range 3.4–8.1 across tracts
6.1
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.0–1.0 across tracts
1.0
Risk score comparison

Lookout Mountain vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Lookout Mountain score vs. parent city, state, U.S.Lookout Mountain: 4.64.6Lookout MountainNeighborhoodParent city: 3.63.6Parent cityhost cityState: 3.63.6Stateavg in stateU.S.: 5.15.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

2 tracts in Lookout Mountain

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

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
04013103306 5 4,139 58% $1,168
04013103501 4 2,964 50% $1,135
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 77

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

Socioeconomic status 69%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 95%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 63%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 68%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Lookout Mountain

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

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 1,198Total filings (sum)
  • 20.09%Avg annual filing rate
  • 30.9%Peak year (2004)
  • 18.00%Latest filed (2005)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Lookout Mountain

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

Frequently asked

About Lookout Mountain

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Lookout Mountain?

Lookout Mountain scores 4.6/10 (Moderate 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 Lookout Mountain compare to Phoenix overall?

Lookout Mountain scores 1.0 points higher than Phoenix overall (3.6/10). Renters spend 55% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,154 vs $1,582.
Q3

What is the average rent in Lookout Mountain?

Average gross rent in Lookout Mountain is $1,154/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Lookout Mountain residents are renters?

51% of Lookout Mountain households are renter-occupied (vs 43% in Phoenix). The neighborhood has 7,103 residents.
Q5

Is Lookout Mountain a high social-vulnerability area?

Lookout Mountain sits in the 77th 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 Lookout Mountain have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Lookout Mountain is census tract 04013103306 (score 5/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 4 to 5, a spread of 1 points.
Q7

How safe is Lookout Mountain for landlords?

Lookout Mountain carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.6/10). 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 higher-risk.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Lookout Mountain?

Lookout Mountain has 7,279 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (44.1%), White (non-Hispanic) (42.7%), Black (non-Hispanic) (8.4%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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