Neighborhood · Ranked #11,988 of 84,120 nationally
Cheesman Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Denver
Tract 08031003702 ·
Denver County, CO · pop 5,037 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
With a score of 7.2/10, tract 08031003702 in the Cheesman Park area of Denver, CO reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,037. The score leans hardest on local political climate at 9/10.
Risk score
7.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30%Stable renters 34%Owners 36%
Tract context
Occupied units2,935
Renter share64.9%
SVI overall0.26
Poverty rate10.7%
Median income$76,028
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100th percentile
#1 of 5 tracts In Cheesman Park
Very High
Within parent city
68th percentile
#58 of 178 tracts In Denver
Elevated
Within county
68th percentile
#58 of 178 tracts In Denver County
Elevated
Within state
92th percentile
#119 of 1,447 tracts In Colorado
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Denver and the region
Centroid at 39.7365, -104.9544 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cheesman Park scores 7.2
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
10.7% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$1,461 rent vs county FMR
1.8
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 Cheesman Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 26
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
45%Socioeconomic
1%Household composition
35%Racial/ethnic minority
75%Housing & transportation
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.
0%Grade A
0%Grade B
100%Grade C
0%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)
339Total filings over 8 yrs
2.19%Avg annual filing rate
2.9%Peak (2009)
29Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year2009 to 2016
Filings dropped 45% over the past 8 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Cheesman Park. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
The severe-burden share is 27%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 8.5/10. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.8/10.
Disability prevalence runs 19.5% against 31.5% nationally. Average gross rent is $1,461, 20% below the Denver average.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 339 filings here across 8 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2009, when 2.9% of renter households were served.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). 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 2.2% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 86% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.3/10. Statewide the CO average is 4.9, so this tract runs 2.3 points hotter.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 08031003702
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 08031003702?
Census tract 08031003702 in the Cheesman Park neighborhood scores 7.2/10 (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 08031003702?
Median gross rent is $1,461/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 08031003702?
10.7% of residents in tract 08031003702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,037.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 08031003702?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 26th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 45th, household 1th, minority 35th, housing 75th.
Q5
Is tract 08031003702 considered part of Cheesman Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 08031003702 fall within Cheesman Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 08031003702?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 339 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 08031003702 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.19% of renter households, peaking at 2.9% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 08031003702 compare to Denver overall?
Tract 08031003702 scores 7.2/10, 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 08031003702 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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