Within parent city
44
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #41,206 of 84,120 nationally
Brighton Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 08001008604 · Adams County, CO · pop 5,177 · 96% of tract blocks fall in Brighton
08001008604 is a census tract in Brighton, CO. It scores 4.5/10 for landlords. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.9/10.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units1,264
Renter share33.1%
SVI overall0.54
Poverty rate8.4%
Median income$91,667
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
51
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
45
th percentile
Moderate
National
51
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Brighton and the region
Centroid at 39.9948, -104.8050 · click any tract to drill in
Why Brighton scores 4.5
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
8.4% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$2,067 rent vs county FMR
4.7
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: 54
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 47%Socioeconomic
- 52%Household composition
- 68%Racial/ethnic minority
- 51%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)
- 63Total filings over 5 yrs
- 4.89%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.3%Peak (2006)
- 8Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 27% 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
The severe-burden share is 25%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the high side, local political climate reads 8.3/10.
On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.1/10. At $2,067 a month, rents run 16% over what the rest of Brighton commands.
The filing record is not thin: 63 evictions over 5 years of observation. Adults with no health insurance runs 18.6% against 11.3% nationally. Filings peaked in 2006 at 7.3% of renter households.
In a typical year about 4.9% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 51st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.8/10.
52% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. It tracks the Adams County average of 4.5 closely. Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $91,667.
33% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 08001008604
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 08001008604?
Census tract 08001008604 in Brighton scores 4.5/10 (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 08001008604?
Median gross rent is $2,067/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 08001008604?
8.4% of residents in tract 08001008604 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,177.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 08001008604?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 54th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 47th, household 52th, minority 68th, housing 51th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 08001008604?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 63 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 08001008604 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.89% of renter households, peaking at 7.3% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 08001008604 compare to Brighton overall?
Tract 08001008604 scores 4.5/10, right in line with 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.
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Highest-risk tracts in Brighton
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/ 10 · Low
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