Neighborhood · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally
Aurora Highlands Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 08005083500 ·
Arapahoe County, CO · pop 5,715 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
With a score of 6/10, tract 08005083500 in the Aurora Highlands area of Aurora, CO reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. 65% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Arapahoe County average of 50.1%.
Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%Stable renters 11%Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units1,982
Renter share32.7%
SVI overall0.76
Poverty rate20.5%
Median income$73,750
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100th percentile
#1 of 3 tracts In Aurora Highlands
Very High
Within parent city
74th percentile
#24 of 90 tracts In Aurora
Elevated
Within county
81th percentile
#32 of 161 tracts In Arapahoe County
High
Within state
80th percentile
#287 of 1,447 tracts In Colorado
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Aurora and the region
Centroid at 39.6733, -104.7816 · click any tract to drill in
Why Aurora Highlands scores 6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Aurora
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Colorado legislature & governorship
4.7
Economic stress
20.5% poverty · this tract
5.1
Supply constraint
$1,675 rent vs county FMR
2.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Aurora
5.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Aurora
5.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Aurora
5.0
How Aurora Highlands compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 76
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
83%Socioeconomic
81%Household composition
74%Racial/ethnic minority
38%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)
1,256Total filings over 5 yrs
25.34%Avg annual filing rate
30.9%Peak (2011)
130Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year2010 to 2017
Filings dropped 47% over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Aurora Highlands. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Severe burden reaches 30%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.9/10. Against the Arapahoe County average of 4.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points.
The poverty rate is 21%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.8/10. Court records carry 1,256 eviction filings across 5 observed years.
Filings peaked in 2011 at 30.9% of renter households. Average gross rent is $1,675, 9% below the Aurora average.
In a typical year about 25.3% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 78% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the CO average is 4.9, so this tract runs 1.1 points hotter.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 08005083500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 08005083500?
Census tract 08005083500 in the Aurora Highlands neighborhood 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 08005083500?
Median gross rent is $1,675/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 08005083500?
20.5% of residents in tract 08005083500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,715.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 08005083500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 76th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 81th, minority 74th, housing 38th.
Q5
Is tract 08005083500 considered part of Aurora Highlands?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 08005083500 fall within Aurora Highlands (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 08005083500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,256 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 08005083500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 25.34% of renter households, peaking at 30.9% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 08005083500 compare to Aurora overall?
Tract 08005083500 scores 6/10, higher than the parent city of Aurora at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Aurora eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Aurora
Top eight tracts in Aurora ranked by composite eviction-risk score.