2 census tracts · pop 10,441 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.6/10
· range 5.3–5.7
Knob Hill is a 2-tract suburb of Colorado Springs, CO and houses 10,441 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 5.6/10, placing it in the Moderate tier. Against a Colorado Springs baseline of 32.0%, 61% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
Severe burden reaches 35%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. Pulling the other way is supply constraint, at 2/10.
Average gross rent is $1,246, 24% below the Colorado Springs average of $1,648. Court records carry 446 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts. Well under the midpoint is rent-regulation exposure, at 3/10.
Filing activity peaked in 2017 at 11.4% of renter households. Running cool is economic stress, at 3/10.
Among the 17 mapped neighborhoods of Colorado Springs, it ranks #4 by risk, the upper third. Judgments average 6.3% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
For a like-for-like read, Printers Park and Lowell Neighborhood score within a fraction of it. Social vulnerability runs high at 7.8/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Knob Hill vs Colorado SpringsHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority56%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport75%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Knob Hill
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
446Total filings (sum)
10.40%Avg annual filing rate
11.4%Peak year (2017)
10.63%Latest filed (2017)
Frequently asked
About Knob Hill
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Knob Hill?
Knob Hill scores 5.6/10 (Moderate tier) across 2 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.
Q2
How does Knob Hill compare to Colorado Springs overall?
Knob Hill scores 1.3 points higher than Colorado Springs overall (4.3/10). Renters spend 61% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $1,246 vs $1,648.
Q3
What is the average rent in Knob Hill?
Average gross rent in Knob Hill is $1,246/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Knob Hill residents are renters?
42% of Knob Hill households are renter-occupied (vs 39% in Colorado Springs). The neighborhood has 10,441 residents.
Q5
Is Knob Hill a high social-vulnerability area?
Knob Hill sits in the 75th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Knob Hill have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Knob Hill is census tract 08041002000 (score 5.7/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.3 to 5.7, a spread of 0.4 points.
Q7
How safe is Knob Hill for landlords?
Knob Hill carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.6/10). Pop-weighted across 2 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.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Knob Hill?
Knob Hill has 10,437 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (58.8%), Hispanic / Latino (25.6%), Other / Multiracial (7.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
