2 census tracts · pop 8,878 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.1/10
· range 3–3.1
Sunset Hills is a 2-tract neighborhood of Phoenix, AZ, population 8,878. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 3.1/10, in the Lower tier. Against a Phoenix baseline of 31.0%, 14% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10. Well under the midpoint is economic stress, at 1.9/10.
Filings are well documented here: 169 across 2 observed tracts. Filing activity peaked in 2005 at 16.2% of renter households.
Running cool is eviction-process difficulty, at 3/10. At $1,754 a month, rents sit 11% over what the rest of Phoenix commands. That places it #80 of 113 neighborhoods in Phoenix.
Judgments average 4.8% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. Only 14% 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 Paradise Valley Miranda and Triple Crown. Its 2 tracts score within 0.1 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses.
Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $102,122.
With little internal variation, 3.1/10 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
3.1
Lower
2 tracts · population-weighted
Sunset Hills vs PhoenixHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority40%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport20%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Sunset Hills
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
169Total filings (sum)
9.12%Avg annual filing rate
16.2%Peak year (2005)
7.67%Latest filed (2005)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Sunset Hills
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
9.0%Housing insecurity
5.5%Utility shutoff threat
12.0%Food insecurity
8.8%SNAP enrollment
9.2%No health insurance
28.6%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Sunset Hills
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Sunset Hills?
Sunset Hills scores 3.1/10 (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 Sunset Hills compare to Phoenix overall?
Sunset Hills scores 0.5 points lower than Phoenix overall (3.6/10). Renters spend 14% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,754 vs $1,582.
Q3
What is the average rent in Sunset Hills?
Average gross rent in Sunset Hills is $1,754/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 14% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Sunset Hills residents are renters?
14% of Sunset Hills households are renter-occupied (vs 43% in Phoenix). The neighborhood has 8,878 residents.
Q5
Is Sunset Hills a high social-vulnerability area?
Sunset Hills sits in the 26th 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 Sunset Hills have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Sunset Hills is census tract 04013103606 (score 3.1/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 3.1, a spread of 0.1 points.
Q7
How safe is Sunset Hills for landlords?
Sunset Hills carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.1/10). 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 Sunset Hills?
Sunset Hills has 9,085 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (68.9%), Hispanic / Latino (15%), Other / Multiracial (8.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
