Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
West Highland Eviction Risk: Moderate , Denver
Tract 08031000302 · Denver County, CO · pop 4,963 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
08031000302 is a census tract in the West Highland area of Denver, CO. It scores 5.4/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,963. Cost burden runs 30% here against 45.4% across Denver County.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units2,599
Renter share34.2%
SVI overall0.03
Poverty rate2.0%
Median income$127,554
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
1
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
11
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
65
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Denver and the region
Centroid at 39.7639, -105.0463 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Highland scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
2.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,852 rent vs county FMR
3.7
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 Highland compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 3
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 7%Socioeconomic
- 2%Household composition
- 37%Racial/ethnic minority
- 16%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 23%Grade B
- 77%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
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)
- 76Total filings over 8 yrs
- 1.39%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.3%Peak (2014)
- 1Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 92% over the past 8 months.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West Highland
The score leans hardest on local political climate at 9/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 8.5/10. Severe burden reaches 16%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Disability prevalence runs 19.1% against 31.5% nationally. It sits 1.3 points below the Denver County average of 6.7. Court records carry 76 eviction filings across 8 observed years.
Filings peaked in 2014 at 2.3% of renter households. 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. In a typical year about 1.4% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.3/10.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 08031000302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 08031000302?
Census tract 08031000302 in the West Highland 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 08031000302?
Median gross rent is $1,852/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 08031000302?
2.0% of residents in tract 08031000302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,963.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 08031000302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 3th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 7th, household 2th, minority 37th, housing 16th.
Q5
Is tract 08031000302 considered part of West Highland?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 08031000302 fall within West Highland (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 08031000302?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 76 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 08031000302 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.39% of renter households, peaking at 2.3% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 08031000302 compare to Denver overall?
Tract 08031000302 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 08031000302 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. 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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