1 census tracts · pop 5,970 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.2/10
· range 3.2–3.2
Taos maps to a single census tract in Surprise, AZ, population 5,970. The Eviction Risk Score is 3.2/10, in the Lower tier. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10.
Set annual rent against average household income of $78,658 and the ratio lands at 32%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Well under the midpoint is tenant-organizing strength, at 1.5/10.
Running cool is housing-court posture, at 2/10. 1.7% 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 filing record is not thin: 1 evictions logged in this tract. 11% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. 28% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, under the Surprise rate of 32.2%.
Filing activity peaked in 2005 at 0.9% of renter households. 4.8% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt.
That places it #6 of 16 neighborhoods in Surprise. Judgments average 0.9% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
Only 8% 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.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 3.2/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Taos vs SurpriseHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority12%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport7%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Taos
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
1Total filings (sum)
0.86%Avg annual filing rate
0.9%Peak year (2005)
0.86%Latest filed (2005)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Taos
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
2.6%Housing insecurity
1.7%Utility shutoff threat
5.3%Food insecurity
3.7%SNAP enrollment
4.8%No health insurance
39.0%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Taos
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Taos?
Taos scores 3.2/10 (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 Taos compare to Surprise overall?
Taos scores 0.0 points higher than Surprise overall (3.2/10). Renters spend 28% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $2,105 vs $2,033.
Q3
What is the average rent in Taos?
Average gross rent in Taos is $2,105/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Taos residents are renters?
8% of Taos households are renter-occupied (vs 21% in Surprise). The neighborhood has 5,970 residents.
Q5
Is Taos a high social-vulnerability area?
Taos sits in the 7th 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 Taos for landlords?
Taos carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.2/10). 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 Surprise as a whole (3.2/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Taos?
Taos has 5,745 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (91.7%), Hispanic / Latino (3.9%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (1.9%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
