5 census tracts · pop 17,000 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.9/10
· range 5.7–6
Chambers Heights spans 5 census tracts of Aurora, CO and houses 17,000 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 5.9/10, in the Moderate tier. 63% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, dramatically above the Aurora rate of 35.0%.
The severe-burden share is 37%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. Filings are well documented here: 2,095 across 5 observed tracts.
The poverty rate is 18%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Filing activity peaked in 2017 at 35.4% of renter households.
Among the 21 mapped neighborhoods of Aurora, it ranks #4 by risk, the upper third. Judgments average 8.9% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. For a like-for-like read, Centretech and Centerpoint score within a fraction of it.
Social vulnerability runs high at 8.9/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input. The 5 tracts here are tightly clustered, 0.3 points apart at the extremes. Average gross rent runs $1,764, close to the Aurora average.
Annual rent works out to 32% of average household income of $67,183. 57% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
5.9
Moderate
5 tracts · population-weighted
Chambers Heights vs AuroraHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority83%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport85%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Chambers Heights
Aggregated across 4 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
1,841Total filings (sum)
14.47%Avg annual filing rate
27.1%Peak year (2017)
16.75%Latest filed (2017)
Frequently asked
About Chambers Heights
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Chambers Heights?
Chambers Heights scores 5.9/10 (Moderate tier) across 5 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Chambers Heights compare to Aurora overall?
Chambers Heights scores 1.3 points higher than Aurora overall (4.6/10). Renters spend 63% of income on rent vs 35% citywide. Average rent: $1,764 vs $1,835.
Q3
What is the average rent in Chambers Heights?
Average gross rent in Chambers Heights is $1,764/month (pop-weighted across 5 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Chambers Heights residents are renters?
57% of Chambers Heights households are renter-occupied (vs 38% in Aurora). The neighborhood has 17,000 residents.
Q5
Is Chambers Heights a high social-vulnerability area?
Chambers Heights sits in the 89th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Chambers Heights have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Chambers Heights is census tract 08005081800 (score 6/10). Across the 5 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.7 to 6, a spread of 0.3 points.
Q7
How safe is Chambers Heights for landlords?
Chambers Heights carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.9/10). Pop-weighted across 5 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Aurora as a whole (4.6/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Chambers Heights?
Chambers Heights has 17,402 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (49.4%), White (non-Hispanic) (25.1%), Black (non-Hispanic) (13.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
