Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally
Helena Eviction Risk: Moderate , Tempe
Tract 04013320001 · Maricopa, AZ · pop 9,041 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
With a score of 4.6/10, tract 04013320001 in the Helena area of Tempe, AZ reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. This is renter territory: 86% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 44%
Stable renters 43%
Owners 13%
Tract context
Occupied units3,962
Renter share86.5%
SVI overall0.53
Poverty rate10.2%
Median income$70,120
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
53
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
78
th percentile
High
Within state
78
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Tempe and the region
Centroid at 33.3551, -111.9576 · click any tract to drill in
Why Helena scores 4.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Tempe
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.1
State political climate
Arizona legislature & governorship
2.2
Economic stress
10.2% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,657 rent vs county FMR
3.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Tempe
2.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Tempe
6.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Tempe
4.5
How Helena compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 53
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 45%Socioeconomic
- 26%Household composition
- 83%Racial/ethnic minority
- 65%Housing & transportation
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)
- 2,532Total filings over 5 yrs
- 23.27%Avg annual filing rate
- 25.2%Peak (2005)
- 588Filings in 2005 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 58% over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Helena. 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.
- 12.3%Housing insecurity
- 7.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.8%Food insecurity
- 9.7%SNAP enrollment
- 8.9%Transit barriers
- 10.5%No health insurance
- 16.6%Frequent mental distress
- 23.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Helena
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.9/10. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10.
Running cool, state political climate reads 2.2/10. Severe burden reaches 13%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
The filing record is not thin: 2,532 evictions over 5 years of observation. It sits 0.9 points above the Maricopa County average of 3.7. 51% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Maricopa County average of 46.0%.
Filings peaked in 2005 at 25.2% of renter households. In a typical year about 23.3% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 53rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.8/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
Average gross rent is $1,657, close to the Tempe average.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 04013320001
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 04013320001?
Census tract 04013320001 in the Helena neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (Moderate 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 04013320001?
Median gross rent is $1,657/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 04013320001?
10.2% of residents in tract 04013320001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 9,041.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 04013320001?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 53th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 45th, household 26th, minority 83th, housing 65th.
Q5
Is tract 04013320001 considered part of Helena?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 04013320001 fall within Helena (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 04013320001?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 2,532 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 04013320001 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 23.27% of renter households, peaking at 25.2% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 04013320001 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.3% 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. 7.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 04013320001 compare to Tempe overall?
Tract 04013320001 scores 4.6/10, higher than the parent city of Tempe at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Tempe eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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