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Neighborhood · Boulder, CO

Central Boulder - University Hill Eviction Risk: High

1 census tracts · pop 7,404 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 8.8/10 · range 8.8–8.8

Central Boulder - University Hill maps to a single census tract in Boulder, CO, population 7,404. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 8.8/10, in the High tier. The severe-burden share is 80%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.

Set annual rent against average household income of $33,729 and the ratio lands at 82%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. 93% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, dramatically above the Boulder rate of 44.1%.

What pushes the score up most is economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 65%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest.

This is a renter market: 84% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. On the high side is eviction-process difficulty at 8.5/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint is tenant-organizing strength at 8.5/10. The filing record is not thin: 21 evictions logged in this tract. Average gross rent is $2,312, 15% above the Boulder average of $2,018.

The voucher gap is 12.3%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. The worst year on record was 2002, when filings touched 1.4% of renter households.

That places it #1 of 13 neighborhoods in Boulder. Judgments average 0.8% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. The closest comparables inside the same city are Goss-Grove and Noble Park.

One tract means one number: 8.8/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score
8.8
High
1 tracts · population-weighted
Central Boulder - University Hill vs Boulder How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
92.5% +110%
Boulder: 44.1%
Average gross rent
$2,312 +15%
Boulder: $2,018
Average HH income
$33,729 -60%
Boulder: $85,364
Poverty rate
65.0% +198%
Boulder: 21.8%
Renter share
84.0% +59%
Boulder: 52.8%
Peer neighborhoods

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Geographic context

Risk heat across Central Boulder - University Hill and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 8.8–8.8

Why Central Boulder - University Hill scores 8.8

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 9.5–9.5 across tracts
9.5
Rent control risk
93% of income on rent · Range 8.0–8.0 across tracts
8.0
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 8.5–8.5 across tracts
8.5
Tenant organizing strength
84% renter households · Range 8.5–8.5 across tracts
8.5
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 8.0–8.0 across tracts
8.0
Economic stress
65.0% below poverty line · Range 10.0–10.0 across tracts
10.0
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 6.2–6.2 across tracts
6.2
Risk score comparison

Central Boulder - University Hill vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Central Boulder - University Hill score vs. parent city, state, U.S.8.8Central Boulder - Neighborhood7.4Parent cityhost city5.0Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

1 tracts in Central Boulder - University Hill

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

Tract↕ Score↕ Pop↕ % over 30% on rent↕ Average rent↕
08013012401 8.8 7,404 92% $2,312
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 34

Pop-weighted across 1 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 54%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 0%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 25%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 96%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Central Boulder - University Hill

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

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 21Total filings (sum)
  • 1.36%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.4%Peak year (2002)
  • 1.36%Latest filed (2002)
Frequently asked

About Central Boulder - University Hill

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Central Boulder - University Hill?

Central Boulder - University Hill scores 8.8/10 (High tier) across 1 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 Central Boulder - University Hill compare to Boulder overall?

Central Boulder - University Hill scores 1.4 points higher than Boulder overall (7.4/10). Renters spend 93% of income on rent vs 44% citywide. Average rent: $2,312 vs $2,018.
Q3

What is the average rent in Central Boulder - University Hill?

Average gross rent in Central Boulder eviction risk - University Hill is $2,312/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 93% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Central Boulder - University Hill residents are renters?

84% of Central Boulder - University Hill households are renter-occupied (vs 53% in Boulder). The neighborhood has 7,404 residents.
Q5

Is Central Boulder - University Hill a high social-vulnerability area?

Central Boulder - University Hill sits in the 34th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

How safe is Central Boulder - University Hill for landlords?

Central Boulder eviction risk - University Hill carries a high-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (8.8/10). Pop-weighted across 1 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 higher-risk.
Q7

What is the demographic breakdown of Central Boulder - University Hill?

Central Boulder - University Hill has 7,151 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (85.6%), Hispanic / Latino (6.7%), Other / Multiracial (3.1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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