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Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Downtown Scottsdale Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 04013217201 · Maricopa, AZ · pop 2,127 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

04013217201 is a census tract in the Downtown Scottsdale area of Scottsdale, AZ. It scores 3/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,127 residents. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29% Stable renters 47% Owners 24%
Tract context
Occupied units1,350
Renter share76.0%
SVI overall0.09
Poverty rate3.6%
Median income$89,385

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Downtown Scottsdale
Very Low
Within parent city
57 th percentile
Rank, 57th percentileLowHigh
#27 of 61 tracts In Scottsdale
Elevated
Within county
25 th percentile
Rank, 25th percentileLowHigh
#754 of 1,009 tracts In Maricopa
Low
Within state
40 th percentile
Rank, 40th percentileLowHigh
#1,065 of 1,765 tracts In Arizona
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Scottsdale and the region

Centroid at 33.4945, -111.9253 · click any tract to drill in

Why Downtown Scottsdale scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Scottsdale
2.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.1
State political climate
Arizona legislature & governorship
2.2
Economic stress
3.6% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,166 rent vs county FMR
6.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Scottsdale
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Scottsdale
1.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Scottsdale
2.0

How Downtown Scottsdale compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Downtown Scottsdale risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.03.0This tracttract 217201Scottsdale: 3.23.2Scottsdaleparent cityCounty: 3.73.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 9

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Eviction filings

Court-record eviction history

Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 219Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 9.76%Avg annual filing rate
  • 12.9%Peak (2002)
  • 41Filings in 2005 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2005
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 040132172012001: 41 filings (9.95/100 renter HHs)2002: 53 filings (12.86/100 renter HHs)2003: 42 filings (10.19/100 renter HHs)2004: 42 filings (10.19/100 renter HHs)2005: 41 filings (5.59/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Downtown Scottsdale. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress

Eviction-adjacent indicators

Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Downtown Scottsdale

Running cool, economic stress reads 1/10. This is renter territory: 76% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.9/10. Severe burden reaches 22%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. 38% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Maricopa County average of 46.0%.

SNAP participation runs 3.2% against 15.2% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 219 filings here across 5 tracked years.

Against the Maricopa County average of 3.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.7 points. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.1% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The worst year on record was 2002, when 12.9% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 9.8% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Social vulnerability reads 1.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 04013217201

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 04013217201?

Census tract 04013217201 in the Downtown Scottsdale neighborhood scores 3/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 04013217201?

Median gross rent is $2,166/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 04013217201?

3.6% of residents in tract 04013217201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,127.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 04013217201?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 9th, household 1th, minority 17th, housing 74th.
Q5

Is tract 04013217201 considered part of Downtown Scottsdale?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 04013217201 fall within Downtown Scottsdale (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 04013217201?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 219 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 04013217201 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.76% of renter households, peaking at 12.9% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 04013217201 struggle to pay rent?

About 5.3% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 3.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 04013217201 compare to Scottsdale overall?

Tract 04013217201 scores 3/10, right in line with the parent city of Scottsdale at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Scottsdale eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Scottsdale

Top eight tracts in Scottsdale ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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