Preston Hills Eviction Risk: Lower

Against a Scottsdale baseline of 29.2%, 57% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line. Pulling the other way is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10. On the softer side is economic stress, at 1.4/10.

Well under the midpoint is tenant-organizing strength, at 1.5/10. Court records for this tract carry 253 eviction filings.

SNAP participation is 4.5% of households versus 15.2% nationally. 3.2% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, below a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

The worst year on record was 2002, when filings touched 9.8% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 5.3% in 2005, is well off that peak. That places it #13 of 31 neighborhoods in Scottsdale.

Only 27% 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, Mirador and DC Ranch score within a fraction of it. Poverty sits at 6%, 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. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.