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Neighborhood · Aurora, CO

Willow Park Eviction Risk: Moderate

3 census tracts · pop 10,567 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.3/10 · range 3.5–6

Willow Park is a 3-tract neighborhood of Aurora, CO and houses 10,567 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 5.3/10, in the Moderate tier. 55% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, clearly above the Aurora rate of 35.0%.

The 3 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 3.5 to 6, a 2.5-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address. Severe burden reaches 24%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. Court records carry 1,014 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts.

Filing activity peaked in 2012 at 26.1% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 13.5% in 2017, is well off that peak.

That places it #12 of 21 neighborhoods in Aurora. For a like-for-like read, Aurora Hills and Chaddsford score within a fraction of it.

Social vulnerability runs high at 8.4/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input. Average gross rent runs $1,815, close to the Aurora average. Annual rent works out to 28% of average household income of $78,488.

36% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 5.3 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
5.3
Moderate
3 tracts · population-weighted
Willow Park vs Aurora How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
54.6% +56%
Aurora: 35.0%
Average gross rent
$1,815 -1%
Aurora: $1,835
Average HH income
$78,488 -7%
Aurora: $84,320
Poverty rate
12.4% +10%
Aurora: 11.3%
Renter share
36.0% -4%
Aurora: 37.6%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Willow Park and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 3 tracts span score 3.5–6

Why Willow Park scores 5.3

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 4.7–4.7 across tracts
4.7
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 6.2–6.2 across tracts
6.2
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 6.5–6.5 across tracts
6.5
Rent control risk
55% of income on rent · Range 5.0–5.0 across tracts
5.0
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 6.0–6.0 across tracts
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
36% renter households · Range 5.0–5.0 across tracts
5.0
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 5.0–5.0 across tracts
5.0
Economic stress
12.4% below poverty line · Range 1.0–4.2 across tracts
3.1
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 2.1–4.7 across tracts
3.5
Risk score comparison

Willow Park vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Willow Park score vs. parent city, state, U.S.Willow Park: 5.35.3Willow ParkNeighborhoodParent city: 4.64.6Parent cityhost cityState: 5.05.0Stateavg in stateU.S.: 5.15.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Willow Park?

Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.

Score distribution
0246810
Spread of 2.5 points from 3.5 to 6. This neighborhood crosses multiple risk tiers, so block-by-block conditions vary substantially.
Tracts as heat grid
Each square = one census tract. Color tracks the same green→red ramp as the chloropleth map above.
Census tracts

3 tracts in Willow Park

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
08005081200 6 5,312 56% $1,805
08005081102 6 2,365 69% $1,528
08005081300 3.5 2,890 40% $2,068
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 83

Pop-weighted across 3 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 77%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 88%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 80%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 61%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Willow Park

Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 1,014Total filings (sum)
  • 15.30%Avg annual filing rate
  • 26.1%Peak year (2012)
  • 13.26%Latest filed (2017)
Frequently asked

About Willow Park

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Willow Park?

Willow Park scores 5.3/10 (Moderate tier) across 3 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 Willow Park compare to Aurora overall?

Willow Park scores 0.7 points higher than Aurora overall (4.6/10). Renters spend 55% of income on rent vs 35% citywide. Average rent: $1,815 vs $1,835.
Q3

What is the average rent in Willow Park?

Average gross rent in Willow Park is $1,815/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Willow Park residents are renters?

36% of Willow Park households are renter-occupied (vs 38% in Aurora). The neighborhood has 10,567 residents.
Q5

Is Willow Park a high social-vulnerability area?

Willow Park sits in the 83rd 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 Willow Park have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Willow Park is census tract 08005081200 (score 6/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.5 to 6, a spread of 2.5 points.
Q7

How safe is Willow Park for landlords?

Willow Park carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.3/10). Pop-weighted across 3 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 Willow Park?

Willow Park has 10,599 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (32.6%), Black (non-Hispanic) (28.6%), White (non-Hispanic) (26.2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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