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Neighborhood · Denver, CO

Auraria Eviction Risk: Elevated

1 census tracts · pop 740 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6/10 · range 6–6

Auraria maps to a single census tract in Denver, CO and houses 740 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 6/10, in the Elevated tier. At $2,875 a month, rents sit 57% over what the rest of Denver commands.

The voucher gap is 34.4%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. The dominant input is eviction-process difficulty at 8.5/10. Cost burden runs 20% against 29.2% citywide, putting Auraria 9.2% under its own city.

Running hot is supply constraint at 8.4/10. 20% 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.

Sitting well above the midpoint is tenant-organizing strength at 8/10. That places it #58 of 75 neighborhoods in Denver.

For a like-for-like read, Riverfront and Baker score within a fraction of it. Rent takes 19% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market. 42% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Because the boundary contains one tract, 6/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
6
Elevated
1 tracts · population-weighted
Auraria vs Denver How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
20.0% -32%
Denver: 29.2%
Average gross rent
$2,875 +57%
Denver: $1,831
Average HH income
$180,104 +96%
Denver: $91,681
Poverty rate
9.4% -16%
Denver: 11.2%
Renter share
42.3% -17%
Denver: 51.2%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Auraria and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 6–6

Why Auraria scores 6

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 8.1–8.1 across tracts
8.1
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 9.0–9.0 across tracts
9.0
Rent control risk
20% of income on rent · Range 7.0–7.0 across tracts
7.0
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 8.5–8.5 across tracts
8.5
Tenant organizing strength
42% renter households · Range 8.0–8.0 across tracts
8.0
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 7.5–7.5 across tracts
7.5
Economic stress
9.4% below poverty line · Range 2.3–2.3 across tracts
2.3
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 8.4–8.4 across tracts
8.4
Risk score comparison

Auraria vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Auraria score vs. parent city, state, U.S.Auraria: 6.06.0AurariaNeighborhoodParent city: 6.86.8Parent cityhost cityState: 5.05.0Stateavg in stateU.S.: 5.15.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

1 tracts in Auraria

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

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
08031980200 6 740 20% $2,875
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 3

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

Socioeconomic status 0%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 53%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 71%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Frequently asked

About Auraria

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Auraria?

Auraria scores 6/10 (Elevated 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 Auraria compare to Denver overall?

Auraria scores 0.8 points lower than Denver overall (6.8/10). Renters spend 20% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $2,875 vs $1,831.
Q3

What is the average rent in Auraria?

Average gross rent in Auraria is $2,875/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 20% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Auraria residents are renters?

42% of Auraria households are renter-occupied (vs 51% in Denver). The neighborhood has 740 residents.
Q5

Is Auraria a high social-vulnerability area?

Auraria 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

How safe is Auraria for landlords?

Auraria carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6/10). 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 Denver as a whole (6.8/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q7

What is the demographic breakdown of Auraria?

Auraria has 692 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (63.7%), Hispanic / Latino (13.9%), Black (non-Hispanic) (9.8%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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