Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally
Wheat Ridge Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 08059010603 · Jefferson County, CO · pop 3,713 · 78% of tract blocks fall in Wheat Ridge
The Moderate-tier score of 5.9/10 for census tract 08059010603 reflects conditions in Wheat Ridge in Jefferson County, Colorado. That is riskier than about 73% of US census tracts.
About 46% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,278 a month against an average household income of $89,091 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 44% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 56%
Tract context
Occupied units1,938
Renter share44.1%
SVI overall0.47
Poverty rate5.6%
Median income$89,091
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
75
th percentile
High
Within state
44
th percentile
Moderate
National
27
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wheat Ridge and the region
Centroid at 39.7730, -105.0673 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wheat Ridge scores 2.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
5.6% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,278 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 47
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 30%Socioeconomic
- 61%Household composition
- 40%Racial/ethnic minority
- 63%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 15%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
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.
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)
- 36Total filings over 1 yrs
- 5.67%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.7%Peak (2010)
- 36Filings 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
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.9/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Wheat Ridge eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Jefferson County average of 5.8 and in line with the Colorado statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 36 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 5.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 5.7% of renter households in 2010.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 08059010603
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 08059010603?
Census tract 08059010603 in Wheat Ridge scores 2.8/10 (Lower 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 08059010603?
Median gross rent is $1,278/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 08059010603?
5.6% of residents in tract 08059010603 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,713.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 08059010603?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 47th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 30th, household 61th, minority 40th, housing 63th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 08059010603?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 36 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 08059010603 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.67% of renter households, peaking at 5.7% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 08059010603 compare to Wheat Ridge overall?
Tract 08059010603 scores 2.8/10, lower than the parent city of Wheat Ridge at 4.5/10. 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.
Q7
Was tract 08059010603 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Wheat Ridge
Top eight tracts in Wheat Ridge ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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