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Neighborhood · Ranked #6,676 of 84,120 nationally

Ruby Hill Eviction Risk: High , Denver

Tract 08031001401 · Denver County, CO · pop 5,322 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

With a score of 8.2/10, tract 08031001401 in the Ruby Hill area of Denver, CO reads high for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,322 residents. At $894 a month, rents run 51% under what the rest of Denver commands.

Risk score
8.2
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25% Stable renters 22% Owners 53%
Tract context
Occupied units2,086
Renter share47.8%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate22.8%
Median income$42,656

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Ruby Hill
Very High
Within parent city
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#11 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
#15 of 1,447 tracts In Colorado
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Denver and the region

Centroid at 39.6932, -105.0099 · click any tract to drill in

Why Ruby Hill scores 8.2

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
22.8% poverty · this tract
5.7
Supply constraint
$894 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Ruby Hill compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Ruby Hill risk score vs. parent city / county / state8.2This tracttract 0014016.8Denverparent city6.7Countyavg tract in county4.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 95

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

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)

  • 523Total filings over 8 yrs
  • 6.39%Avg annual filing rate
  • 7.4%Peak (2016)
  • 97Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 08031001401
Filings climbed 83% over the past 8 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Ruby Hill. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Ruby Hill

The dominant input is local political climate at 9/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 29.2% against 11.3% nationally.

The severe-burden share is 20%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Sitting well above the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 8.5/10. It sits 1.5 points above the Denver County average of 6.7.

Cost burden runs 53% here against 45.4% across Denver County. The poverty rate is 23%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 523 filings here across 8 tracked years.

The worst year on record was 2016, when 7.4% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 6.4% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #6,676 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 08031001401

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 08031001401?

Census tract 08031001401 in the Ruby Hill neighborhood scores 8.2/10 (High 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 08031001401?

Median gross rent is $894/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 08031001401?

22.8% of residents in tract 08031001401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,322.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 08031001401?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 93th, minority 83th, housing 81th.
Q5

Is tract 08031001401 considered part of Ruby Hill?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 08031001401 fall within Ruby Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 08031001401?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 523 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 08031001401 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.39% of renter households, peaking at 7.4% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 08031001401 compare to Denver overall?

Tract 08031001401 scores 8.2/10, 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Denver

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

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