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Neighborhood · Ranked #23,808 of 84,120 nationally

West Colfax Eviction Risk: Moderate , Denver

Tract 08031000704 · Denver County, CO · pop 3,439 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

08031000704 is a census tract in the West Colfax area of Denver, CO. It scores 5.5/10 for landlords. The score leans hardest on local political climate at 9/10.

Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12% Stable renters 23% Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units1,290
Renter share34.7%
SVI overall0.41
Poverty rate7.9%
Median income$135,076

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In West Colfax
Very Low
Within parent city
22 th percentile
Rank, 22nd percentileLowHigh
#140 of 178 tracts In Denver
Low
Within county
22 th percentile
Rank, 22nd percentileLowHigh
#140 of 178 tracts In Denver County
Low
Within state
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#477 of 1,447 tracts In Colorado
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Denver and the region

Centroid at 39.7376, -105.0461 · click any tract to drill in

Why West Colfax scores 5.5

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
7.9% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$2,094 rent vs county FMR
4.8
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 West Colfax compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
West Colfax risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.55.5This tracttract 000704Denver: 6.86.8Denverparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.94.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 41

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

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.

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.

Comparable tracts

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Within West Colfax. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in West Colfax

34% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Denver County average of 45.4%. Running hot, eviction-process difficulty reads 8.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 8.1/10.

Against the Denver County average of 6.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.2 points. 12% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. At $2,094 a month, rents run 14% over what the rest of Denver commands.

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. On the national scale it lands near the 72nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $135,076.

35% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 08031000704

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 08031000704?

Census tract 08031000704 in the West Colfax neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (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 08031000704?

Median gross rent is $2,094/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 08031000704?

7.9% of residents in tract 08031000704 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,439.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 08031000704?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 41th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 33th, household 13th, minority 36th, housing 81th.
Q5

Is tract 08031000704 considered part of West Colfax?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 08031000704 fall within West Colfax (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How does tract 08031000704 compare to Denver overall?

Tract 08031000704 scores 5.5/10, 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.
Q7

Was tract 08031000704 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. 10% 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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