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Spivak Eviction Risk: Elevated , Lakewood

Tract 08059011552 · Jefferson County, CO · pop 2,698 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Census tract 08059011552 covers part of the Spivak area of Lakewood, CO, and scores 6.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,698 residents. The severe-burden share is 34%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
6.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33% Stable renters 25% Owners 42%
Tract context
Occupied units1,309
Renter share57.8%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate25.7%

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
17 th percentile
Rank, 17th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 7 tracts In Spivak
Very Low
Within parent city
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 47 tracts In Lakewood
Very High
Within county
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#10 of 146 tracts In Jefferson County
Very High
Within state
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#179 of 1,447 tracts In Colorado
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Lakewood and the region

Centroid at 39.7340, -105.0586 · click any tract to drill in

Why Spivak scores 6.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Lakewood
7.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Colorado legislature & governorship
4.7
Economic stress
25.7% poverty · this tract
6.4
Supply constraint
$1,016 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lakewood
5.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lakewood
5.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lakewood
5.5

How Spivak compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Spivak risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.6This tracttract 0115525.2Lakewoodparent city4.8Countyavg tract in county4.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 94

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 Spivak. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Spivak

Average gross rent is $1,016, 44% below the Lakewood average. Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1/10. Against the Jefferson County average of 4.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.9 points.

Cost burden runs 56% here against 48.0% across Jefferson County. The poverty rate is 26%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.5/10.

Running hot, local political climate reads 7/10. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Denver. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. That is riskier than roughly 82% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the CO average is 4.9, so this tract runs 1.7 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

58% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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 08059011552

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 08059011552?

Census tract 08059011552 in the Spivak neighborhood scores 6.6/10 (Elevated 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 08059011552?

Median gross rent is $1,016/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 08059011552?

25.7% of residents in tract 08059011552 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,698.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 08059011552?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 65th, minority 73th, housing 92th.
Q5

Is tract 08059011552 considered part of Spivak?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 08059011552 fall within Spivak (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How does tract 08059011552 compare to Lakewood overall?

Tract 08059011552 scores 6.6/10, higher than the parent city of Lakewood at 5.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lakewood eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7

Was tract 08059011552 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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