Neighborhood · Ranked #14,316 of 84,120 nationally

Mesa Junction Eviction Risk: Moderate , Pueblo

Tract 08101001400 · Pueblo County, CO · pop 1,496 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

How risky is the Mesa Junction area of Pueblo for landlords? Census tract 08101001400 scores 5.8/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 66th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 35% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $32,475 a year. Renters make up 62% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

5.8

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 22% Stable renters 40% Owners 38%

Tract context

Occupied units789

Renter share61.9%

SVI overall0.78

Poverty rate23.1%

Median income$32,475

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Pueblo and the region

Centroid at 38.2632, -104.6222 · click any tract to drill in

Why Mesa Junction scores 5.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Pueblo

6.0

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.1

State political climate

Colorado legislature & governorship

4.7

Economic stress

23.1% poverty · this tract

5.8

Supply constraint

tract rent vs county FMR

5.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Pueblo

3.5

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

5.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Pueblo

4.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Pueblo

4.5

How Mesa Junction compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 78

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

87%Socioeconomic
22%Household composition
74%Racial/ethnic minority
83%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
54%Grade C
27%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.

Comparable tracts

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Within Mesa Junction. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Mesa Junction

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 5.8/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Pueblo 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 Pueblo County average of 5.7 and in line with the Colorado statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

Part of this tract, about 27% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was C ("Declining"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.

The tract is Hispanic or Latino and White and ranks around the 78th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 08101001400

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 08101001400?

Census tract 08101001400 in the Mesa Junction neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the poverty rate in tract 08101001400?

23.1% of residents in tract 08101001400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,496.

How socially vulnerable is tract 08101001400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 87th, household 22th, minority 74th, housing 83th.

Is tract 08101001400 considered part of Mesa Junction?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 08101001400 fall within Mesa Junction (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).

How does tract 08101001400 compare to Pueblo overall?

Tract 08101001400 scores 5.8/10, higher than the parent city of Pueblo at 5.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Pueblo eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 08101001400 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. 27% 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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