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Neighborhood · Phoenix, AZ

Tatum Highlands Eviction Risk: Lower

1 census tracts · pop 7,168 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10 · range 3–3

Tatum Highlands is a one-tract neighborhood of Phoenix, AZ, population 7,168. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 3/10, Lower tier. Average gross rent is $2,612, 65% above the Phoenix average of $1,582.

43% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, clearly above the Phoenix rate of 31.0%. The voucher gap is 34.0%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10.

On the softer side is economic stress, at 1.1/10. Sitting well above the midpoint is supply constraint at 8.4/10. Court records for this tract carry 29 eviction filings.

Food insecurity affects 6.6% of adults, 11.2 points below the national rate. The worst year on record was 2003, when filings touched 6.0% of renter households. 5.0% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt.

The most recent observed rate, 2.7% in 2005, is well off that peak. That places it #84 of 113 neighborhoods in Phoenix.

Only 16% 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. For a like-for-like read, Rancho San Carlos and Overland Trail score within a fraction of it.

Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

One tract means one number: 3/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
3
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Tatum Highlands vs Phoenix How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
43.3% +40%
Phoenix: 31.0%
Average gross rent
$2,612 +65%
Phoenix: $1,582
Average HH income
$132,025 +71%
Phoenix: $77,041
Poverty rate
4.5% -68%
Phoenix: 14.3%
Renter share
16.4% -62%
Phoenix: 42.7%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

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Geographic context

Risk heat across Tatum Highlands and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 3–3

Why Tatum Highlands scores 3

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
43% 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
16% 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
4.5% below poverty line · Range 1.1–1.1 across tracts
1.1
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 8.4–8.4 across tracts
8.4
Risk score comparison

Tatum Highlands vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Tatum Highlands score vs. parent city, state, U.S.Tatum Highlands: 3.03.0Tatum HighlandsNeighborhoodParent city: 3.63.6Parent cityhost cityState: 3.63.6Stateavg in stateU.S.: 5.15.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

1 tracts in Tatum Highlands

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

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
04013613300 3 7,168 43% $2,612
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 6

Pop-weighted across 1 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 6%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 57%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 34%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 3%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Tatum Highlands

Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 29Total filings (sum)
  • 4.49%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.0%Peak year (2003)
  • 2.65%Latest filed (2005)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Tatum Highlands

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

Frequently asked

About Tatum Highlands

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Tatum Highlands?

Tatum Highlands scores 3/10 (Lower tier) across 1 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 Tatum Highlands compare to Phoenix overall?

Tatum Highlands scores 0.6 points lower than Phoenix overall (3.6/10). Renters spend 43% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $2,612 vs $1,582.
Q3

What is the average rent in Tatum Highlands?

Average gross rent in Tatum Highlands is $2,612/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Tatum Highlands residents are renters?

16% of Tatum Highlands households are renter-occupied (vs 43% in Phoenix). The neighborhood has 7,168 residents.
Q5

Is Tatum Highlands a high social-vulnerability area?

Tatum Highlands sits in the 6th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

How safe is Tatum Highlands for landlords?

Tatum Highlands carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3/10). Pop-weighted across 1 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.
Q7

What is the demographic breakdown of Tatum Highlands?

Tatum Highlands has 7,284 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (78.2%), Hispanic / Latino (13%), Other / Multiracial (3.8%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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