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Census Tract · Ranked #65,414 of 84,120 nationally

Thornton Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 08001008524 · Adams County, CO · pop 9,338 · 99% of tract blocks fall in Thornton

08001008524 is a census tract in Thornton, CO. It scores 3.1/10 for landlords. It is home to 9,338 residents. Severe burden reaches 47%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3% Stable renters 0% Owners 97%
Tract context
Occupied units3,041
Renter share3.9%
SVI overall0.18
Poverty rate3.9%
Median income$137,388

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
4 th percentile
Rank, 4th percentileLowHigh
#27 of 28 tracts In Thornton
Very Low
Within county
13 th percentile
Rank, 13th percentileLowHigh
#93 of 107 tracts In Adams County
Very Low
Within state
14 th percentile
Rank, 14th percentileLowHigh
#1,251 of 1,447 tracts In Colorado
Very Low
National
22 th percentile
Rank, 22nd percentileLowHigh
#65,414 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Thornton and the region

Centroid at 39.9411, -104.9316 · click any tract to drill in

Why Thornton scores 3.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Thornton
6.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
Colorado legislature & governorship
4.7
Economic stress
3.9% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,786 rent vs county FMR
8.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Thornton
7.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Thornton
6.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Thornton
5.9

How Thornton compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Thornton risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.1This tracttract 0085244.5Thorntonparent city4.5Countyavg tract in county4.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 18

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 51Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 10.66%Avg annual filing rate
  • 12.5%Peak (2006)
  • 14Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 08001008524
Filings climbed 1,300% over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Thornton

Against Adams County at 50.4%, 87% of renters here are cost-burdened. At $2,786 a month, rents run 47% over what the rest of Thornton commands. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10.

Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.9/10. The voucher gap is 30.2%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Against the Adams County average of 4.5, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.4 points.

On the high side, supply constraint reads 8/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 51 filings here across 5 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2006 at 12.5% of renter households.

In a typical year about 10.7% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #65,414 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

At 4% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 2.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the CO average is 4.9, so this tract runs 1.8 points cooler.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 08001008524

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 08001008524?

Census tract 08001008524 in Thornton scores 3.1/10 (Lower 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 08001008524?

Median gross rent is $2,786/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 87% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 08001008524?

3.9% of residents in tract 08001008524 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 9,338.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 08001008524?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 18th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 22th, household 22th, minority 59th, housing 17th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 08001008524?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 51 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 08001008524 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.66% of renter households, peaking at 12.5% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

How does tract 08001008524 compare to Thornton overall?

Tract 08001008524 scores 3.1/10, lower than the parent city of Thornton at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Thornton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Thornton

Top eight tracts in Thornton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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