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Neighborhood · Ranked #6,848 of 84,120 nationally

Clayton Eviction Risk: Elevated , Denver

Tract 08031003602 · Denver County, CO · pop 4,499 · neighborhood within 0.0 mi

Tract 08031003602 covers the Clayton area of Denver in Colorado. Home to 4,499 residents, it scores 7.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 96% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 39% of renter households, a high level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,638 a month against an average household income of $70,658 a year, roughly 28% of income at the averages. About 44% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
6.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17% Stable renters 27% Owners 56%
Tract context
Occupied units1,752
Renter share43.7%
SVI overall0.72
Poverty rate29.5%
Median income$70,658

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Clayton
Very High
Within parent city
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 178 tracts In Denver
Very High
Within county
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 178 tracts In Denver County
Very High
Within state
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#20 of 1,447 tracts In Colorado
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Denver and the region

Centroid at 39.7674, -104.9501 · click any tract to drill in

Why Clayton 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
29.5% poverty · this tract
7.4
Supply constraint
$1,638 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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 Clayton compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Clayton risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.66.6This tracttract 003602Denver: 5.75.7Denverparent cityCounty: 4.84.8Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.23.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 72

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.

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)

  • 268Total filings over 8 yrs
  • 5.26%Avg annual filing rate
  • 7.9%Peak (2011)
  • 30Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 080310036022009: 48 filings (10.34/100 renter HHs)2010: 35 filings (5.22/100 renter HHs)2011: 53 filings (7.88/100 renter HHs)2012: 36 filings (5.35/100 renter HHs)2013: 24 filings (3.57/100 renter HHs)2014: 24 filings (3.57/100 renter HHs)2015: 18 filings (2.67/100 renter HHs)2016: 30 filings (3.49/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 38% over the past 8 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Clayton. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Clayton

The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at 8.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Denver eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Denver County average of 6.7 and above the Colorado statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 72nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 08031003602

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 08031003602?

Census tract 08031003602 in the Clayton 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 08031003602?

Median gross rent is $1,638/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 08031003602?

29.5% of residents in tract 08031003602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,499.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 08031003602?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 72th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 87th, household 42th, minority 75th, housing 45th.
Q5

Is tract 08031003602 considered part of Clayton?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 08031003602 fall within Clayton (neighborhood centroid within 0.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 08031003602?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 268 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 08031003602 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.26% of renter households, peaking at 7.9% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 08031003602 compare to Denver overall?

Tract 08031003602 scores 6.6/10, higher than the parent city of Denver at 5.7/10. 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 08031003602 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.
Sibling tracts

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Top eight tracts in Denver ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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