2 census tracts · pop 9,919 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.3/10
· range 3.8–4.7
Moon Valley Canyon is a 2-tract neighborhood of Phoenix, AZ and houses 9,919 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 4.3/10, Moderate tier. Against a Phoenix baseline of 31.0%, 60% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
The severe-burden share is 35%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10.
Filings are well documented here: 3,440 across 2 observed tracts. Well under the midpoint is economic stress, at 2.9/10. Running cool is supply constraint, at 2.9/10.
Filing activity peaked in 2004 at 46.6% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 27.4% in 2005, is well off that peak.
Among the 113 mapped neighborhoods of Phoenix, it ranks #34 by risk, the upper third. For a like-for-like read, Paradise City and Central Park Village score within a fraction of it.
Social vulnerability runs high at 8.9/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input. The 2 tracts here are tightly clustered, 0.9 points apart at the extremes.
Average gross rent runs $1,545, close to the Phoenix average.
With little internal variation, 4.3/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Moon Valley Canyon vs PhoenixHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority67%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport71%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Moon Valley Canyon
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
3,440Total filings (sum)
30.09%Avg annual filing rate
46.6%Peak year (2004)
29.00%Latest filed (2005)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Moon Valley Canyon
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
15.7%Housing insecurity
9.3%Utility shutoff threat
21.8%Food insecurity
17.0%SNAP enrollment
16.0%No health insurance
32.7%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Moon Valley Canyon
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Moon Valley Canyon?
Moon Valley Canyon scores 4.3/10 (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 Moon Valley Canyon compare to Phoenix overall?
Moon Valley Canyon scores 0.7 points higher than Phoenix overall (3.6/10). Renters spend 60% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,545 vs $1,582.
Q3
What is the average rent in Moon Valley Canyon?
Average gross rent in Moon Valley Canyon is $1,545/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Moon Valley Canyon residents are renters?
47% of Moon Valley Canyon households are renter-occupied (vs 43% in Phoenix). The neighborhood has 9,919 residents.
Q5
Is Moon Valley Canyon a high social-vulnerability area?
Moon Valley Canyon sits in the 87th 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 Moon Valley Canyon have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Moon Valley Canyon is census tract 04013618800 (score 4.7/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.8 to 4.7, a spread of 0.9 points.
Q7
How safe is Moon Valley Canyon for landlords?
Moon Valley Canyon carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.3/10). 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 higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Moon Valley Canyon?
Moon Valley Canyon has 10,157 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (48.7%), Hispanic / Latino (35.1%), Black (non-Hispanic) (7.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
