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

Platt Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Denver

Tract 08031003402 · Denver County, CO · pop 4,698 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

08031003402 is a census tract in the Platt Park area of Denver, CO. It scores 5.4/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,698. Cost burden runs 31% here against 45.4% across Denver County.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4% Stable renters 10% Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units1,978
Renter share14.1%
SVI overall0.03
Poverty rate2.6%
Median income$250,001

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 6 tracts In Platt Park
Very Low
Within parent city
11 th percentile
Rank, 11th percentileLowHigh
#158 of 178 tracts In Denver
Very Low
Within county
4 th percentile
Rank, 4th percentileLowHigh
#171 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 39.6975, -104.9658 · 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
2.6% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,197 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 003402Denver: 6.86.8Denverparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.94.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 3

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. 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)

  • 24Total filings over 8 yrs
  • 0.85%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.4%Peak (2009)
  • 2Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 080310034022009: 6 filings (2.40/100 renter HHs)2010: 3 filings (0.83/100 renter HHs)2011: 3 filings (0.66/100 renter HHs)2012: 5 filings (1.11/100 renter HHs)2013: 1 filings (0.22/100 renter HHs)2014: 3 filings (0.66/100 renter HHs)2015: 1 filings (0.22/100 renter HHs)2016: 2 filings (0.69/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 67% 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

The dominant input is local political climate at 9/10. Severe burden reaches 26%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1/10.

On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 8.5/10. Disability prevalence runs 18.6% against 31.5% nationally.

It sits 1.3 points below the Denver County average of 6.7. Average gross rent is $2,197, 20% above the Denver average.

The filing record is not thin: 24 evictions over 8 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2009, when 2.4% of renter households were served.

In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground B ("Still Desirable"). 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 0.8% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 14% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 08031003402

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 08031003402?

Census tract 08031003402 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 08031003402?

Median gross rent is $2,197/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 08031003402?

2.6% of residents in tract 08031003402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,698.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 08031003402?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 3th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 13th, household 6th, minority 23th, housing 8th.
Q5

Is tract 08031003402 considered part of Platt Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 08031003402 fall within Platt Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 08031003402?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 24 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 08031003402 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.85% of renter households, peaking at 2.4% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 08031003402 compare to Denver overall?

Tract 08031003402 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 08031003402 historically redlined?

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