Within parent city
89
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally
Brighton Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 08001008603 · Adams County, CO · pop 2,007 · 87% of tract blocks fall in Brighton
Tract 08001008603 sits in Brighton eviction risk, CO, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6/10. Population here is 2,007. The severe-burden share is 29%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 37%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 42%
Tract context
Occupied units678
Renter share57.7%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate20.8%
Median income$65,476
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
84
th percentile
High
Within state
80
th percentile
High
National
78
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Brighton and the region
Centroid at 39.9926, -104.8202 · click any tract to drill in
Why Brighton scores 6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Brighton
8.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
Colorado legislature & governorship
4.7
Economic stress
20.8% poverty · this tract
5.2
Supply constraint
$1,228 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Brighton
7.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Brighton
6.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Brighton
6.0
How Brighton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 90
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 82%Socioeconomic
- 95%Household composition
- 75%Racial/ethnic minority
- 76%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)
- 189Total filings over 5 yrs
- 11.98%Avg annual filing rate
- 20.3%Peak (2004)
- 41Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 95% over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Brighton
Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1/10. 64% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Adams County average of 50.4%. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.9/10.
Average gross rent is $1,228, 31% below the Brighton average. Adults with no health insurance runs 27.1% against 11.3% nationally.
Running hot, local political climate reads 8.3/10. It sits 1.5 points above the Adams County average of 4.5. The poverty rate is 21%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
The filing record is not thin: 189 evictions over 5 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2004, when 20.3% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 12.0% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #18,163 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 9.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 08001008603
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 08001008603?
Census tract 08001008603 in Brighton scores 6/10 (Elevated 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 08001008603?
Median gross rent is $1,228/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 08001008603?
20.8% of residents in tract 08001008603 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,007.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 08001008603?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 95th, minority 75th, housing 76th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 08001008603?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 189 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 08001008603 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.98% of renter households, peaking at 20.3% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 08001008603 compare to Brighton overall?
Tract 08001008603 scores 6/10, higher than the parent city of Brighton at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Brighton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Brighton
Top eight tracts in Brighton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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6
/ 10 · Elevated
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08001008552
4.9
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · CO
08001008565
4.9
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · CO
08001008606
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · CO
08001008604
4.5
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · CO
08001008605
4.1
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · CO
08001008564
3.8
/ 10 · Low
Tract · CO
Silver Peaks
3.7
/ 10 · Low
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