Lakewood Eviction Risk: Elevated

It sits 1.9 points above the Jefferson County average of 4.7. Severe burden reaches 21%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Annualized rent equals 32% of average household income of $70,795, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

Against Jefferson County at 48.0%, 57% of renters here are cost-burdened. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 7.5/10. Running hot, local political climate reads 7/10.

Nationally it ranks #14,906 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.9/10, 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 household composition measure is the least pressured. Average gross rent is $1,903, close to the Lakewood average.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.