West Colfax Eviction Risk: Elevated , Denver

73% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Sitting well above the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 8.5/10. 20% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Running hot, regional political climate reads 8.1/10. It sits 1.2 points above the Denver County average of 6.7.

Average gross rent is $1,626, 11% below the Denver average. 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. Nationally it ranks #8,653 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the CO average is 4.9, so this tract runs 3.0 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

48% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. Annual rent works out to 28% of average household income of $68,867.

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