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Census Tract · Ranked #17,650 of 84,120 nationally

Wheat Ridge Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 08059010502 · Jefferson County, CO · pop 5,209 · 98% of tract blocks fall in Wheat Ridge

Census tract 08059010502 covers part of Wheat Ridge, CO, and scores 6.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,209 residents. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 8.9/10.

Risk score
6.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20% Stable renters 25% Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units2,358
Renter share45.1%
SVI overall0.66
Poverty rate7.1%
Median income$99,271

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
17 th percentile
Rank, 17th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 7 tracts In Wheat Ridge
Very Low
Within county
79 th percentile
Rank, 79th percentileLowHigh
#32 of 146 tracts In Jefferson County
High
Within state
81 th percentile
Rank, 81st percentileLowHigh
#270 of 1,447 tracts In Colorado
High
National
79 th percentile
Rank, 79th percentileLowHigh
#17,650 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Wheat Ridge and the region

Centroid at 39.7670, -105.0946 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wheat Ridge scores 6.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Wheat Ridge
6.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Colorado legislature & governorship
4.7
Economic stress
7.1% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,805 rent vs county FMR
3.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wheat Ridge
6.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wheat Ridge
8.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wheat Ridge
6.1

How Wheat Ridge compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Wheat Ridge risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.1This tracttract 0105025.9Wheat Ridgeparent city4.8Countyavg tract in county4.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 66

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)

  • 81Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 10.80%Avg annual filing rate
  • 10.8%Peak (2010)
  • 81Filings in 2010 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Wheat Ridge

Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.8/10. It sits 1.4 points above the Jefferson County average of 4.7.

Severe burden reaches 14%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.5/10.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 81 filings here across 1 tracked years. At $1,805 a month, rents run 14% over what the rest of Wheat Ridge commands.

Against Jefferson County at 48.0%, 44% of renters here are cost-burdened. Filings peaked in 2010 at 10.8% of renter households.

In a typical year about 10.8% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 79% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 6.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the CO average is 4.9, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

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 08059010502

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 08059010502?

Census tract 08059010502 in Wheat Ridge scores 6.1/10 (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 08059010502?

Median gross rent is $1,805/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 08059010502?

7.1% of residents in tract 08059010502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,209.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 08059010502?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 54th, minority 37th, housing 85th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 08059010502?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 81 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 08059010502 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.80% of renter households, peaking at 10.8% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

How does tract 08059010502 compare to Wheat Ridge overall?

Tract 08059010502 scores 6.1/10, right in line with the parent city of Wheat Ridge at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wheat Ridge eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Wheat Ridge

Top eight tracts in Wheat Ridge ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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