Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #6,676 of 84,120 nationally
Barnum Eviction Risk: High , Denver
Tract 08031000903 · Denver County, CO · pop 5,289 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
08031000903 is a census tract in the Barnum area of Denver, CO. It scores 8.2/10 for landlords. The severe-burden share is 36%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
8.2
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units1,846
Renter share39.4%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate22.2%
Median income$61,591
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
90
th percentile
High
Within county
99
th percentile
Very High
Within state
99
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Denver and the region
Centroid at 39.7189, -105.0319 · click any tract to drill in
Why Barnum scores 8.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
22.2% poverty · this tract
5.5
Supply constraint
$1,503 rent vs county FMR
2.0
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 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 83
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 93%Socioeconomic
- 80%Household composition
- 82%Racial/ethnic minority
- 38%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
- 90%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)
- 283Total filings over 8 yrs
- 4.35%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.2%Peak (2009)
- 22Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 61% over the past 8 months.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Barnum
59% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Denver County average of 45.4%. The score leans hardest on local political climate at 9/10.
Adults with no health insurance runs 29.9% against 11.3% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 8.5/10. Against the Denver County average of 6.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points.
Running hot, regional political climate reads 8.1/10. The poverty rate is 22%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
At $1,503 a month, rents run 18% under what the rest of Denver commands. The filing record is not thin: 283 evictions over 8 years of observation.
The worst year on record was 2009, when 8.2% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Denver. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
In a typical year about 4.3% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 08031000903
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 08031000903?
Census tract 08031000903 in the Barnum neighborhood scores 8.2/10 (High 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 08031000903?
Median gross rent is $1,503/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 08031000903?
22.2% of residents in tract 08031000903 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,289.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 08031000903?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 80th, minority 82th, housing 38th.
Q5
Is tract 08031000903 considered part of Barnum?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 08031000903 fall within Barnum (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 08031000903?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 283 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 08031000903 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.35% of renter households, peaking at 8.2% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 08031000903 compare to Denver overall?
Tract 08031000903 scores 8.2/10, higher than 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 08031000903 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. 90% 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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