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Neighborhood · Phoenix, AZ

Skyline Heights Eviction Risk: Lower

2 census tracts · pop 8,972 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.2/10 · range 3–3.4

Skyline Heights spans 2 census tracts of Phoenix, AZ and houses 8,972 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 3.2/10, Lower tier. 51% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, clearly above the Phoenix rate of 31.0%.

The severe-burden share is 28%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10. Running cool is economic stress, at 1.8/10.

Filings are well documented here: 1,416 across 2 observed tracts. Well under the midpoint is supply constraint, at 2.9/10.

SNAP participation is 6.6% of households versus 15.2% nationally. Filing activity peaked in 2005 at 20.3% of renter households.

Food insecurity affects 9.8% of adults, 8.0 points below the national rate. Among the 113 mapped neighborhoods of Phoenix, it ranks #71 by risk, the middle third. Judgments average 8.7% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.

For a like-for-like read, Sandalwood and Northgate score within a fraction of it. Rent takes 20% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market.

The 2 tracts here are tightly clustered, 0.4 points apart at the extremes. Average gross rent runs $1,540, close to the Phoenix average.

The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
3.2
Lower
2 tracts · population-weighted
Skyline Heights vs Phoenix How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
50.5% +63%
Phoenix: 31.0%
Average gross rent
$1,540 -3%
Phoenix: $1,582
Average HH income
$93,534 +21%
Phoenix: $77,041
Poverty rate
7.3% -49%
Phoenix: 14.3%
Renter share
52.5% +23%
Phoenix: 42.7%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Skyline Heights and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 2 tracts span score 3–3.4

Why Skyline Heights scores 3.2

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
51% 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
53% 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
7.3% below poverty line · Range 1.5–2.0 across tracts
1.8
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.7–3.7 across tracts
2.9
Risk score comparison

Skyline Heights vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Skyline Heights score vs. parent city, state, U.S.Skyline Heights: 3.23.2Skyline HeightsNeighborhoodParent 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 Skyline Heights

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

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
04013106502 3.4 3,692 43% $1,313
04013106300 3 5,280 56% $1,698
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 61

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 54%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 47%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 85%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Skyline Heights

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

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 1,416Total filings (sum)
  • 15.64%Avg annual filing rate
  • 20.3%Peak year (2005)
  • 19.36%Latest filed (2005)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Skyline Heights

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

Frequently asked

About Skyline Heights

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Skyline Heights?

Skyline Heights scores 3.2/10 (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 Skyline Heights compare to Phoenix overall?

Skyline Heights scores 0.4 points lower than Phoenix overall (3.6/10). Renters spend 51% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,540 vs $1,582.
Q3

What is the average rent in Skyline Heights?

Average gross rent in Skyline Heights is $1,540/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Skyline Heights residents are renters?

53% of Skyline Heights households are renter-occupied (vs 43% in Phoenix). The neighborhood has 8,972 residents.
Q5

Is Skyline Heights a high social-vulnerability area?

Skyline Heights sits in the 61st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately 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 Skyline Heights have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Skyline Heights is census tract 04013106502 (score 3.4/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 3.4, a spread of 0.4 points.
Q7

How safe is Skyline Heights for landlords?

Skyline Heights carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.2/10). 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 Skyline Heights?

Skyline Heights has 9,376 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (71.8%), Hispanic / Latino (16.6%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (5.7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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