Lookout Mountain Eviction Risk: Moderate , Phoenix

Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Food insecurity runs 36.9% against 17.8% nationally. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1/10.

Against Maricopa County at 46.0%, 58% of renters here are cost-burdened. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.9/10. The poverty rate is 32%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

72% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Annualized rent equals 33% of average household income of $42,817, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Average gross rent is $1,168, 26% below the Phoenix average.

Against the Maricopa County average of 3.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points. Court records carry 958 eviction filings across 5 observed years. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 16.2% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

The worst year on record was 2002, when 26.2% of renter households were served.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.