Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #12,481 of 84,120 nationally
Platt Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Denver
Tract 08031003003 · Denver County, CO · pop 2,927 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
08031003003 is a census tract in the Platt Park area of Denver, CO. It scores 7.1/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,927 residents. The severe-burden share is 28%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
7.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units1,075
Renter share49.0%
SVI overall0.35
Poverty rate11.6%
Median income$81,174
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
65
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Denver and the region
Centroid at 39.6827, -104.9672 · click any tract to drill in
Why Platt Park scores 7.1
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
11.6% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$1,833 rent vs county FMR
3.6
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 Platt Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 35
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 54%Socioeconomic
- 6%Household composition
- 41%Racial/ethnic minority
- 50%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
- 5%Grade B
- 64%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)
- 96Total filings over 8 yrs
- 1.89%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.7%Peak (2011)
- 17Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 70% 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. Against Denver County at 45.4%, 57% of renters here are cost-burdened. On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 8.5/10.
Running hot, regional political climate reads 8.1/10. Court records carry 96 eviction filings across 8 observed years.
The worst year on record was 2011, when 2.7% 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 1.9% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #12,481 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.2/10.
Statewide the CO average is 4.9, so this tract runs 2.2 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
It tracks the Denver County average of 6.7 closely.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 08031003003
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 08031003003?
Census tract 08031003003 in the Platt Park neighborhood scores 7.1/10 (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 08031003003?
Median gross rent is $1,833/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 08031003003?
11.6% of residents in tract 08031003003 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,927.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 08031003003?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 35th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 54th, household 6th, minority 41th, housing 50th.
Q5
Is tract 08031003003 considered part of Platt Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 08031003003 fall within Platt Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 08031003003?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 96 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 08031003003 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.89% of renter households, peaking at 2.7% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 08031003003 compare to Denver overall?
Tract 08031003003 scores 7.1/10, 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 08031003003 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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