Neighborhood · Ranked #14,906 of 84,120 nationally
Barnum West Eviction Risk: Elevated , Denver
Tract 08031000902 ·
Denver County, CO · pop 5,107 · neighborhood within 0.0 mi
08031000902 is a census tract in the Barnum West area of Denver, CO. It scores 6.6/10 for landlords. Severe burden reaches 31%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
6.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%Stable renters 14%Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units1,925
Renter share23.2%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate6.5%
Median income$80,592
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Barnum West
Moderate
Within parent city
49th percentile
#92 of 178 tracts In Denver
Moderate
Within county
49th percentile
#92 of 178 tracts In Denver County
Moderate
Within state
88th percentile
#179 of 1,447 tracts In Colorado
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Denver and the region
Centroid at 39.7185, -105.0465 · click any tract to drill in
Why Barnum West scores 6.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Denver
9.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.1
State political climate
Colorado legislature & governorship
4.7
Economic stress
6.5% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,860 rent vs county FMR
3.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Denver
7.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
8.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Denver
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Denver
7.5
How Barnum West compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 62
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
83%Socioeconomic
42%Household composition
84%Racial/ethnic minority
22%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
0%Grade A
0%Grade B
0%Grade C
48%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
154Total filings over 8 yrs
3.80%Avg annual filing rate
6.2%Peak (2010)
10Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year2009 to 2016
Filings dropped 63% over the past 8 months.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Barnum West
What pushes it up most is local political climate at 9/10. Running hot, eviction-process difficulty reads 8.5/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.6/10.
Adults with no health insurance runs 25.3% against 11.3% nationally. 40% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Denver County average of 45.4%. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 154 filings here across 8 tracked years.
Filings peaked in 2010 at 6.2% of renter households. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 3.8% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #14,906 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 23% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.6/10. Statewide the CO average is 4.9, so this tract runs 1.7 points hotter.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 08031000902
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 08031000902?
Census tract 08031000902 in the Barnum West neighborhood scores 6.6/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 08031000902?
Median gross rent is $1,860/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 08031000902?
6.5% of residents in tract 08031000902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,107.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 08031000902?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 42th, minority 84th, housing 22th.
Q5
Is tract 08031000902 considered part of Barnum West?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 08031000902 fall within Barnum West (neighborhood centroid within 0.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 08031000902?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 154 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 08031000902 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.80% of renter households, peaking at 6.2% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 08031000902 compare to Denver overall?
Tract 08031000902 scores 6.6/10, right in line with the parent city of Denver at 6.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Denver eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 08031000902 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 48% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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