Neighborhood · Colorado Springs, CO

Gold Hill Mesa Eviction Risk: Moderate

5 census tracts · pop 14,898 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.1/10 · range 3.8–5.5

Gold Hill Mesa is a 5-tract neighborhood of Colorado Springs, CO, population 14,898. Scored across those inputs it reaches 5.1/10, placing it in the Moderate tier. 57% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, dramatically above the Colorado Springs rate of 32.0%.

The severe-burden share is 28%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. The 5 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 3.8 to 5.5, a 1.7-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address. The clearest offset is economic stress, at 2.9/10.

Filings are well documented here: 184 across 3 observed tracts. Well under the midpoint is rent-regulation exposure, at 3/10. Filing activity peaked in 2017 at 5.2% of renter households.

At $1,488 a month, rents sit 10% under what the rest of Colorado Springs commands. That places it #10 of 17 neighborhoods in Colorado Springs.

Judgments average 2.3% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $71,438.

50% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 5.1 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score

5.1

Moderate

5 tracts · population-weighted

Gold Hill Mesa vs Colorado Springs How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average

% of income on rent

57.4% +79%

Colorado Springs: 32.0%

Average gross rent

$1,488 -10%

Colorado Springs: $1,648

Average HH income

$71,438 -14%

Colorado Springs: $83,198

Poverty rate

11.5% +24%

Colorado Springs: 9.3%

Renter share

49.6% +27%

Colorado Springs: 39.1%

Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Gold Hill Mesa and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 5 tracts span score 3.8–5.5

Why Gold Hill Mesa scores 5.1

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly

State political climate

legislature & governorship · Range 4.7–4.7 across tracts

4.7

Regional political climate

County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 4.5–4.5 across tracts

4.5

Local political climate

Parent city governance · Range 4.0–4.0 across tracts

4.0

Rent control risk

57% of income on rent · Range 3.0–3.0 across tracts

3.0

Eviction process difficulty

State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 5.5–5.5 across tracts

5.5

Tenant organizing strength

50% renter households · Range 3.5–3.5 across tracts

3.5

Housing court bias

County bench composition · Range 3.5–3.5 across tracts

3.5

Economic stress

11.5% below poverty line · Range 1.3–4.0 across tracts

2.9

Supply constraint

Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 2.4–4.8 across tracts

3.4

Risk score comparison

Gold Hill Mesa vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Gold Hill Mesa?

Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.

Score distribution

0246810

Spread of 1.7 points from 3.8 to 5.5. Moderate variation across constituent tracts.

Tracts as heat grid

5.5 5.4 5.4 5.2 3.8

Each square = one census tract. Color tracks the same green→red ramp as the chloropleth map above.

Census tracts

5 tracts in Gold Hill Mesa

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract↕	Score↕	Pop↕	% over 30% on rent↕	Average rent↕
08041001400	5.5	3,071	55%	$1,439
08041002502	5.4	3,981	65%	$1,506
08041001301	5.4	1,996	52%	$1,381
08041002401	5.2	2,787	58%	$1,310
08041002402	3.8	3,063	52%	$1,746

Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 49

Pop-weighted across 5 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 48%ile

Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden

Household characteristics 35%ile

Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+

Racial/ethnic minority 38%ile

Hispanic + non-white share of population

Housing & transport 66%ile

Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle

Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Gold Hill Mesa

Aggregated across 3 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

184Total filings (sum)
3.75%Avg annual filing rate
5.2%Peak year (2017)
4.35%Latest filed (2017)

Frequently asked

About Gold Hill Mesa

What is the eviction-risk score for Gold Hill Mesa?

Gold Hill Mesa scores 5.1/10 (Moderate tier) across 5 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.

How does Gold Hill Mesa compare to Colorado Springs overall?

Gold Hill Mesa scores 0.8 points higher than Colorado Springs overall (4.3/10). Renters spend 57% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $1,488 vs $1,648.

What is the average rent in Gold Hill Mesa?

Average gross rent in Gold Hill Mesa is $1,488/month (pop-weighted across 5 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What percentage of Gold Hill Mesa residents are renters?

50% of Gold Hill Mesa households are renter-occupied (vs 39% in Colorado Springs). The neighborhood has 14,898 residents.

Is Gold Hill Mesa a high social-vulnerability area?

Gold Hill Mesa sits in the 49th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.

Which tracts in Gold Hill Mesa have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Gold Hill Mesa is census tract 08041001400 (score 5.5/10). Across the 5 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.8 to 5.5, a spread of 1.7 points.

How safe is Gold Hill Mesa for landlords?

Gold Hill Mesa carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.1/10). Pop-weighted across 5 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Colorado Springs as a whole (4.3/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.

What is the demographic breakdown of Gold Hill Mesa?

Gold Hill Mesa has 14,815 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (76.1%), Hispanic / Latino (13.3%), Other / Multiracial (6.1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.

Nearby

Other neighborhoods near Gold Hill Mesa

4.7 Old Colorado City 2 tracts · pop 8,292 5.7 Mill Street Neighborhood 3 tracts · pop 6,546 5.6 Roswell 2 tracts · pop 7,290 5.6 Lowell Neighborhood 2 tracts · pop 7,624 5.4 Middle Shooks Run 3 tracts · pop 6,820 4.2 Bonnievillie 4 tracts · pop 8,321

Sibling neighborhoods

Other neighborhoods inside Colorado Springs

Same parent city, ranked by score similarity to Gold Hill Mesa.

5 Cragmor 5 tracts · pop 17,211 4.9 Old Colorado City 2 tracts · pop 8,292 4.9 Parrish's Addition 1 tracts · pop 2,394 4.8 Kitty Hawk 2 tracts · pop 5,591 5.4 Middle Shooks Run 3 tracts · pop 6,820 5.5 K-Land 6 tracts · pop 24,248

Zoom out