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Neighborhood · North Las Vegas, NV

Vegas Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate

4 census tracts · pop 12,893 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.3/10 · range 4.9–5.4

Vegas Heights is a 4-tract neighborhood of North Las Vegas, NV, population 12,893. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 5.3/10, in the Moderate tier. 39% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate.

Against a North Las Vegas baseline of 33.8%, 61% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line. SNAP participation is 42.4% of households versus 15.2% nationally. 27.8% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt.

Annualized rent equals 35% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with. Average gross rent is $1,214, 29% below the North Las Vegas average of $1,705. The poverty rate is 29%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest.

The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure, at 2/10. On the softer side is supply constraint, at 2.2/10. Sitting well above the midpoint is economic stress at 7.1/10.

That places it #1 of 5 neighborhoods in North Las Vegas. For a like-for-like read, Craig Ranch and Aliante score within a fraction of it. Social vulnerability runs high at 9.7/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.

Its 4 tracts score within 0.5 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses. 60% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

With little internal variation, 5.3/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score
5.3
Moderate
4 tracts · population-weighted
Vegas Heights vs North Las Vegas How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
60.5% +79%
North Las Vegas: 33.8%
Average gross rent
$1,214 -29%
North Las Vegas: $1,705
Average HH income
$42,103 -45%
North Las Vegas: $76,772
Poverty rate
28.6% +134%
North Las Vegas: 12.2%
Renter share
59.7% +64%
North Las Vegas: 36.4%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Vegas Heights and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 4 tracts span score 4.9–5.4

Why Vegas Heights scores 5.3

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 3.7–3.7 across tracts
3.7
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 5.5–5.5 across tracts
5.5
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 5.5–6.0 across tracts
5.9
Rent control risk
61% of income on rent · Range 2.0–2.0 across tracts
2.0
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 3.5–3.5 across tracts
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
60% renter households · Range 4.0–4.5 across tracts
4.4
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 3.5–4.0 across tracts
3.9
Economic stress
28.6% below poverty line · Range 4.3–10.0 across tracts
7.1
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.0–3.7 across tracts
2.2
Risk score comparison

Vegas Heights vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Vegas Heights score vs. parent city, state, U.S.5.3Vegas HeightsNeighborhood4.0Parent cityhost city4.5Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Vegas Heights?

Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.

Score distribution
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Spread of 0.5 points from 4.9 to 5.4. Tracts are relatively uniform, so conditions feel similar throughout the neighborhood.
Tracts as heat grid
Each square = one census tract. Color tracks the same green→red ramp as the chloropleth map above.
Census tracts

4 tracts in Vegas Heights

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
32003003800 5.4 4,201 64% $967
32003003500 5.4 2,677 60% $948
32003003617 5.4 2,172 82% $1,522
32003003700 4.9 3,843 45% $1,494
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 96

Pop-weighted across 4 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 98%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 92%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 92%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 76%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Vegas Heights

Aggregated across 0 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 2,052Total filings 2020-21
  • 7.8Avg monthly observed
  • 7.5Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.01×Ratio to baseline

Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Las Vegas, NV).

CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Vegas Heights

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Vegas Heights

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Vegas Heights?

Vegas Heights scores 5.3/10 (Moderate tier) across 4 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2

How does Vegas Heights compare to North Las Vegas overall?

Vegas Heights scores 1.3 points higher than North Las Vegas overall (4/10). Renters spend 61% of income on rent vs 34% citywide. Average rent: $1,214 vs $1,705.
Q3

What is the average rent in Vegas Heights?

Average gross rent in Vegas Heights is $1,214/month (pop-weighted across 4 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Vegas Heights residents are renters?

60% of Vegas Heights households are renter-occupied (vs 36% in North Las Vegas). The neighborhood has 12,893 residents.
Q5

Is Vegas Heights a high social-vulnerability area?

Vegas Heights sits in the 96th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

Which tracts in Vegas Heights have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Vegas Heights is census tract 32003003800 (score 5.4/10). Across the 4 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 4.9 to 5.4, a spread of 0.5 points.
Q7

How safe is Vegas Heights for landlords?

Vegas Heights carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.3/10). Pop-weighted across 4 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to North Las Vegas as a whole (4/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Vegas Heights?

Vegas Heights has 12,748 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (54.2%), Black (non-Hispanic) (29.1%), White (non-Hispanic) (9.2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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