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Neighborhood · Boulder, CO

Arapahoe Ridge Eviction Risk: Lower

2 census tracts · pop 12,022 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.9/10 · range 3–6.1

Arapahoe Ridge takes in 2 census tracts of Boulder, CO and houses 12,022 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 3.9/10, Lower tier. Average gross rent is $3,259, 61% above the Boulder average of $2,018.

The voucher gap is 58.3%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. What pushes the score up most is supply constraint at 9.4/10. Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 3 to 6.1, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk.

Well under the midpoint is economic stress, at 1.5/10. 16% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate.

Against a Boulder baseline of 44.1%, about half of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line. The filing record is not thin: 2 evictions logged in this tract.

The worst year on record was 2002, when filings touched 0.4% of renter households. That places it #13 of 13 neighborhoods in Boulder. Judgments average 0.4% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.

At 17% renter-occupied, this is predominantly owner territory, and rental comps have to be drawn from further out. Poverty sits at 6%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $156,493.

For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 3.9 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score
3.9
Lower
2 tracts · population-weighted
Arapahoe Ridge vs Boulder How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
49.1% +11%
Boulder: 44.1%
Average gross rent
$3,259 +61%
Boulder: $2,018
Average HH income
$156,493 +83%
Boulder: $85,364
Poverty rate
6.0% -72%
Boulder: 21.8%
Renter share
16.5% -69%
Boulder: 52.8%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Arapahoe Ridge and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 2 tracts span score 3–6.1

Why Arapahoe Ridge scores 3.9

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 7.8–7.8 across tracts
7.8
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 6.7–9.5 across tracts
7.5
Rent control risk
49% of income on rent · Range 5.8–8.0 across tracts
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 4.5–8.5 across tracts
5.6
Tenant organizing strength
17% renter households · Range 3.2–8.5 across tracts
4.7
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 4.1–8.0 across tracts
5.2
Economic stress
6.0% below poverty line · Range 1.4–1.5 across tracts
1.5
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 7.8–10.0 across tracts
9.4
Risk score comparison

Arapahoe Ridge vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Arapahoe Ridge score vs. parent city, state, U.S.3.9Arapahoe RidgeNeighborhood7.4Parent cityhost city5.0Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

2 tracts in Arapahoe Ridge

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

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
08013012603 6.1 3,389 53% $2,642
08013012801 3 8,633 47% $3,501
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 3

Pop-weighted across 2 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 4%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 22%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 35%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 7%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Arapahoe Ridge

Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 2Total filings (sum)
  • 0.39%Avg annual filing rate
  • 0.4%Peak year (2002)
  • 0.39%Latest filed (2002)
Frequently asked

About Arapahoe Ridge

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Arapahoe Ridge?

Arapahoe Ridge scores 3.9/10 (Lower tier) across 2 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 Arapahoe Ridge compare to Boulder overall?

Arapahoe Ridge scores 3.5 points lower than Boulder overall (7.4/10). Renters spend 49% of income on rent vs 44% citywide. Average rent: $3,259 vs $2,018.
Q3

What is the average rent in Arapahoe Ridge?

Average gross rent in Arapahoe Ridge is $3,259/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Arapahoe Ridge residents are renters?

17% of Arapahoe Ridge households are renter-occupied (vs 53% in Boulder). The neighborhood has 12,022 residents.
Q5

Is Arapahoe Ridge a high social-vulnerability area?

Arapahoe Ridge sits in the 3rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

Which tracts in Arapahoe Ridge have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Arapahoe Ridge is census tract 08013012603 (score 6.1/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 6.1, a spread of 3.1 points.
Q7

How safe is Arapahoe Ridge for landlords?

Arapahoe Ridge carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.9/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Boulder as a whole (7.4/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Arapahoe Ridge?

Arapahoe Ridge has 12,552 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (79.8%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (8.5%), Hispanic / Latino (7.9%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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