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Neighborhood · Ranked #15,451 of 84,120 nationally

Sunnyside Eviction Risk: Elevated , Denver

Tract 08031001101 · Denver County, CO · pop 2,629 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

With a score of 6.5/10, tract 08031001101 in the Sunnyside area of Denver, CO reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,629. around a third of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Denver County average of 45.4%.

Risk score
6.5
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12% Stable renters 26% Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units1,277
Renter share37.7%
SVI overall0.50
Poverty rate8.0%
Median income$91,895

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Sunnyside
Moderate
Within parent city
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#96 of 178 tracts In Denver
Moderate
Within county
45 th percentile
Rank, 45th percentileLowHigh
#99 of 178 tracts In Denver County
Moderate
Within state
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#208 of 1,447 tracts In Colorado
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Denver and the region

Centroid at 39.7729, -105.0047 · click any tract to drill in

Why Sunnyside scores 6.5

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
8.0% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$2,144 rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 Sunnyside compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Sunnyside risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.56.5This tracttract 001101Denver: 6.86.8Denverparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.94.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 50

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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)

  • 170Total filings over 8 yrs
  • 4.40%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.8%Peak (2009)
  • 20Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 080310011012009: 31 filings (5.83/100 renter HHs)2010: 25 filings (5.52/100 renter HHs)2011: 18 filings (3.78/100 renter HHs)2012: 18 filings (3.78/100 renter HHs)2013: 26 filings (5.46/100 renter HHs)2014: 12 filings (2.52/100 renter HHs)2015: 20 filings (4.20/100 renter HHs)2016: 20 filings (4.10/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 35% over the past 8 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Sunnyside. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Sunnyside

The dominant input is local political climate at 9/10. On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 8.5/10.

Running hot, regional political climate reads 8.1/10. 15% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Average gross rent is $2,144, 17% above the Denver average.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 170 filings here across 8 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2009, when 5.8% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") 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 4.4% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #15,451 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 5.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the CO average is 4.9, so this tract runs 1.6 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 08031001101

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 08031001101?

Census tract 08031001101 in the Sunnyside neighborhood scores 6.5/10 (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 08031001101?

Median gross rent is $2,144/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 08031001101?

8.0% of residents in tract 08031001101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,629.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 08031001101?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 50th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 69th, household 7th, minority 64th, housing 54th.
Q5

Is tract 08031001101 considered part of Sunnyside?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 08031001101 fall within Sunnyside (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 08031001101?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 170 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 08031001101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.40% of renter households, peaking at 5.8% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 08031001101 compare to Denver overall?

Tract 08031001101 scores 6.5/10, 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 08031001101 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 71% 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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