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Neighborhood · Ranked #12,919 of 84,120 nationally

Capitol Hill Eviction Risk: Elevated , Denver

Tract 08031002709 · Denver County, CO · pop 2,448 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

08031002709 is a census tract in the Capitol Hill area of Denver, CO. It scores 7/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,448. The score leans hardest on local political climate at 9/10.

Risk score
7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27% Stable renters 53% Owners 20%
Tract context
Occupied units1,900
Renter share80.5%
SVI overall0.16
Poverty rate7.0%
Median income$69,134

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Capitol Hill
Very Low
Within parent city
59 th percentile
Rank, 59th percentileLowHigh
#74 of 178 tracts In Denver
Elevated
Within county
59 th percentile
Rank, 59th percentileLowHigh
#74 of 178 tracts In Denver County
Elevated
Within state
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#138 of 1,447 tracts In Colorado
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Denver and the region

Centroid at 39.7336, -104.9764 · click any tract to drill in

Why Capitol Hill scores 7

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
7.0% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,414 rent vs county FMR
1.6
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 Capitol Hill compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Capitol Hill risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 7.07.0This tracttract 002709Denver: 6.86.8Denverparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.94.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 16

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Capitol Hill. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Capitol Hill

This is renter territory: 80% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. around a third of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Denver County average of 45.4%.

Sitting well above the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 8.5/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.6/10. Average gross rent is $1,414, 23% below the Denver average.

Disability prevalence runs 19.2% against 31.5% nationally. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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. On the national scale it lands near the 85th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Social vulnerability reads 2.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the CO average is 4.9, so this tract runs 2.1 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

It tracks the Denver County average of 6.7 closely.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 08031002709

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 08031002709?

Census tract 08031002709 in the Capitol Hill neighborhood scores 7/10 (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 08031002709?

Median gross rent is $1,414/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 08031002709?

7.0% of residents in tract 08031002709 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,448.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 08031002709?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 16th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 0th, minority 49th, housing 70th.
Q5

Is tract 08031002709 considered part of Capitol Hill?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 08031002709 fall within Capitol Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How does tract 08031002709 compare to Denver overall?

Tract 08031002709 scores 7/10, 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.
Q7

Was tract 08031002709 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% 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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