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Neighborhood · Boulder, CO

Goss-Grove Eviction Risk: High

3 census tracts · pop 10,866 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 8.8/10 · range 8.8–8.8

Goss-Grove spans 3 census tracts of Boulder, CO and houses 10,866 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 8.8/10, High tier. Severe burden reaches 49%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears.

Cost burden runs 70% against 44.1% citywide, putting Goss-Grove 25.5% over its own city. Annualized rent equals 52% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with. The poverty rate is 38%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest.

This is a renter market: 80% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. The dominant input is economic stress at 8.8/10. 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. Court records for this tract carry 12 eviction filings.

The worst year on record was 2002, when filings touched 0.8% of renter households. At $1,824 a month, rents sit 10% under what the rest of Boulder commands.

Among the 13 mapped neighborhoods of Boulder, it ranks #1 by risk, the upper third. Judgments average 0.3% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.

Its 3 tracts score within 0 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses.

The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score
8.8
High
3 tracts · population-weighted
Goss-Grove vs Boulder How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
69.6% +58%
Boulder: 44.1%
Average gross rent
$1,824 -10%
Boulder: $2,018
Average HH income
$41,959 -51%
Boulder: $85,364
Poverty rate
37.9% +74%
Boulder: 21.8%
Renter share
80.2% +52%
Boulder: 52.8%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Goss-Grove and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 3 tracts span score 8.8–8.8

Why Goss-Grove 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
70% 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
80% 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
37.9% below poverty line · Range 7.1–10.0 across tracts
8.8
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 3.2–4.8 across tracts
3.9
Risk score comparison

Goss-Grove vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Goss-Grove score vs. parent city, state, U.S.8.8Goss-GroveNeighborhood7.4Parent cityhost city5.0Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Goss-Grove?

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

Score distribution
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Spread of 0 points from 8.8 to 8.8. Tracts are relatively uniform, so conditions feel similar throughout the neighborhood.
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 Goss-Grove

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

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
08013012204 8.8 3,881 66% $2,018
08013012206 8.8 3,514 80% $1,740
08013012205 8.8 3,471 63% $1,691
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 36

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

Socioeconomic status 59%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 1%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 35%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 81%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Goss-Grove

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

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 12Total filings (sum)
  • 0.82%Avg annual filing rate
  • 0.8%Peak year (2002)
  • 0.82%Latest filed (2002)
Frequently asked

About Goss-Grove

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Goss-Grove?

Goss-Grove scores 8.8/10 (High 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 Goss-Grove compare to Boulder overall?

Goss-Grove scores 1.4 points higher than Boulder overall (7.4/10). Renters spend 70% of income on rent vs 44% citywide. Average rent: $1,824 vs $2,018.
Q3

What is the average rent in Goss-Grove?

Average gross rent in Goss-Grove is $1,824/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 70% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Goss-Grove residents are renters?

80% of Goss-Grove households are renter-occupied (vs 53% in Boulder). The neighborhood has 10,866 residents.
Q5

Is Goss-Grove a high social-vulnerability area?

Goss-Grove sits in the 36th 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

Which tracts in Goss-Grove have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Goss-Grove is census tract 08013012204 (score 8.8/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 8.8 to 8.8, a spread of 0 points.
Q7

How safe is Goss-Grove for landlords?

Goss-Grove carries a high-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (8.8/10). 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 Boulder as a whole (7.4/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Goss-Grove?

Goss-Grove has 10,238 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (78.7%), Hispanic / Latino (10.3%), Other / Multiracial (5.1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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