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Neighborhood · Ranked #44,239 of 84,120 nationally

Fairfax Eviction Risk: Moderate , Colorado Springs

Tract 08041006902 · El Paso County, CO · pop 5,608 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Census tract 08041006902 covers part of the Fairfax area of Colorado Springs, CO, and scores 4.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,608 residents. Severe burden reaches 30%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 24% Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units1,881
Renter share40.5%
SVI overall0.28
Poverty rate11.9%
Median income$104,282

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 6 tracts In Fairfax
Very High
Within parent city
45 th percentile
Rank, 45th percentileLowHigh
#64 of 116 tracts In Colorado Springs
Moderate
Within county
45 th percentile
Rank, 45th percentileLowHigh
#92 of 167 tracts In El Paso County
Moderate
Within state
40 th percentile
Rank, 40th percentileLowHigh
#871 of 1,447 tracts In Colorado
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Colorado Springs and the region

Centroid at 38.9445, -104.7484 · click any tract to drill in

Why Fairfax scores 4.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Colorado Springs
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.5
State political climate
Colorado legislature & governorship
4.7
Economic stress
11.9% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$2,028 rent vs county FMR
6.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Colorado Springs
3.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Colorado Springs
3.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Colorado Springs
3.5

How Fairfax compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Fairfax risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.3This tracttract 0069024.3Colorado Springsparent city4.4Countyavg tract in county4.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 28

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)

  • 68Total filings over 2 yrs
  • 5.24%Avg annual filing rate
  • 7.2%Peak (2017)
  • 47Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Fairfax. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Fairfax

The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.1/10. Cost burden runs 40% here against 49.4% across El Paso County.

Average gross rent is $2,028, 23% above the Colorado Springs average. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 3/10.

Court records carry 68 eviction filings across 2 observed years. The voucher gap is 14.1%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.

Running cool, economic stress reads 3/10. The worst year on record was 2017, when 7.2% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 5.2% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #44,239 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. It tracks the El Paso County average of 4.4 closely. Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $104,282.

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 08041006902

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 08041006902?

Census tract 08041006902 in the Fairfax neighborhood scores 4.3/10 (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 08041006902?

Median gross rent is $2,028/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 08041006902?

11.9% of residents in tract 08041006902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,608.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 08041006902?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 33th, household 32th, minority 50th, housing 25th.
Q5

Is tract 08041006902 considered part of Fairfax?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 08041006902 fall within Fairfax (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 08041006902?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 68 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 08041006902 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.24% of renter households, peaking at 7.2% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 08041006902 compare to Colorado Springs overall?

Tract 08041006902 scores 4.3/10, right in line with the parent city of Colorado Springs at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Colorado Springs eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Colorado Springs

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

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