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Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally

Platt Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Denver

Tract 08031002902 · Denver County, CO · pop 4,028 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

Census tract 08031002902 covers part of the Platt Park area of Denver, CO, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,028 residents. about a quarter of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Denver County average of 45.4%.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9% Stable renters 24% Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units2,003
Renter share32.4%
SVI overall0.01
Poverty rate7.2%
Median income$160,827

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 6 tracts In Platt Park
Elevated
Within parent city
1 th percentile
Rank, 1st percentileLowHigh
#176 of 178 tracts In Denver
Very Low
Within county
7 th percentile
Rank, 7th percentileLowHigh
#165 of 178 tracts In Denver County
Very Low
Within state
65 th percentile
Rank, 65th percentileLowHigh
#515 of 1,447 tracts In Colorado
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Denver and the region

Centroid at 39.7016, -104.9767 · click any tract to drill in

Why Platt Park scores 5.4

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
7.2% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$2,213 rent vs county FMR
5.3
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 Platt Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Platt Park risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.45.4This tracttract 002902Denver: 6.86.8Denverparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.94.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 1

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)

  • 27Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 0.63%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.7%Peak (2010)
  • 2Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 080310029022009: 5 filings (0.98/100 renter HHs)2010: 11 filings (1.74/100 renter HHs)2011: 3 filings (0.47/100 renter HHs)2012: 2 filings (0.31/100 renter HHs)2013: 3 filings (0.47/100 renter HHs)2014: 1 filings (0.16/100 renter HHs)2015: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2016: 2 filings (0.30/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 60% over the past 8 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Platt Park. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Platt Park

What pushes it up most is local political climate at 9/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 8.5/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.8/10.

Disability prevalence runs 18.0% against 31.5% nationally. Against the Denver County average of 6.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.3 points. Average gross rent is $2,213, 21% above the Denver average.

10% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The filing record is not thin: 27 evictions over 7 years of observation.

The worst year on record was 2010, when 1.7% of renter households were served. 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. In a typical year about 0.6% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 1.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 08031002902

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 08031002902?

Census tract 08031002902 in the Platt Park neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (Moderate 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 08031002902?

Median gross rent is $2,213/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 08031002902?

7.2% of residents in tract 08031002902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,028.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 08031002902?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 1th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 2th, minority 15th, housing 11th.
Q5

Is tract 08031002902 considered part of Platt Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 08031002902 fall within Platt Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 08031002902?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 27 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 08031002902 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.63% of renter households, peaking at 1.7% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 08031002902 compare to Denver overall?

Tract 08031002902 scores 5.4/10, lower 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 08031002902 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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Top eight tracts in Denver ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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