Phoenix Eviction Risk: Moderate

Severe burden reaches 34%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Annualized rent equals 48% of average household income of $34,034, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

Housing insecurity runs 36.0% against 14.2% nationally. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.9/10.

The poverty rate is 35%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Running hot, economic stress reads 8.7/10. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 24.2% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

It sits 1.3 points above the Maricopa County average of 3.7. At $1,351 a month, rents run 15% under what the rest of Phoenix commands. Nationally it ranks #32,842 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.