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

Thornton Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 08001008545 · Adams County, CO · pop 6,135

Census tract 08001008545 covers part of Thornton, CO, and scores 3.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 6,135 residents. Against Adams County at 50.4%, about a quarter of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3% Stable renters 10% Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units2,134
Renter share13.1%
SVI overall0.10
Poverty rate1.7%
Median income$120,473

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
8 th percentile
Rank, 8th percentileLowHigh
#99 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 39.9336, -104.9516 · 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
1.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,026 rent vs county FMR
4.5
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 0085454.5Thorntonparent city4.5Countyavg tract in county4.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 10

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)

  • 25Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 7.15%Avg annual filing rate
  • 8.6%Peak (2006)
  • 4Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 08001008545
Filings dropped 33% 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

The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.9/10. Against the Adams County average of 4.5, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.4 points.

Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.6/10. Court records carry 25 eviction filings across 5 observed years. The worst year on record was 2006, when 8.6% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 7.2% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #65,414 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Only 13% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 1.9/10, 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.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 08001008545

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 08001008545?

Census tract 08001008545 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 08001008545?

Median gross rent is $2,026/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 25% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 08001008545?

1.7% of residents in tract 08001008545 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,135.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 08001008545?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 35th, minority 39th, housing 4th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 08001008545?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 25 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 08001008545 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.15% of renter households, peaking at 8.6% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

How does tract 08001008545 compare to Thornton overall?

Tract 08001008545 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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