Neighborhood · Spring Valley, NV

The Cliffs Eviction Risk: Moderate

4 census tracts · pop 16,129 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.2/10 · range 5–5.6

The Cliffs spans 4 census tracts of Spring Valley, NV and houses 16,129 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 5.2/10, placing it in the Moderate tier. What pushes the score up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.1/10.

21% 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. On the high side is rent-regulation exposure at 7.2/10. Well under the midpoint is economic stress, at 2.8/10.

around a third of renters spend 30% or more of household income on rent. That places it #7 of 9 neighborhoods in Spring Valley.

The closest comparables inside the same city are Southern Hills and The Lakes. The 4 tracts here are tightly clustered, 0.6 points apart at the extremes.

Average gross rent runs $1,793, close to the Spring Valley average. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $97,156. 39% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score

5.2

Moderate

4 tracts · population-weighted

The Cliffs vs Spring Valley How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average

% of income on rent

35.4% +8%

Spring Valley: 32.9%

Average gross rent

$1,793 +3%

Spring Valley: $1,743

Average HH income

$97,156 +34%

Spring Valley: $72,364

Poverty rate

11.1% -14%

Spring Valley: 12.9%

Renter share

38.7% -22%

Spring Valley: 49.5%

Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across The Cliffs and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 4 tracts span score 5–5.6

Why The Cliffs scores 5.2

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 5.9–5.9 across tracts

5.9

Rent control risk

35% of income on rent · Range 7.2–7.2 across tracts

7.2

Eviction process difficulty

State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 3.5–3.5 across tracts

3.5

Tenant organizing strength

39% renter households · Range 9.1–9.1 across tracts

9.1

Housing court bias

County bench composition · Range 6.7–6.7 across tracts

6.7

Economic stress

11.1% below poverty line · Range 1.4–4.2 across tracts

2.8

Supply constraint

Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 4.0–6.6 across tracts

5.2

Risk score comparison

The Cliffs vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in The Cliffs?

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 0.6 points from 5 to 5.6. Tracts are relatively uniform, so conditions feel similar throughout the neighborhood.

Tracts as heat grid

5.6 5.3 5.2 5.0

Each square = one census tract. Color tracks the same green→red ramp as the chloropleth map above.

Census tracts

4 tracts in The Cliffs

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

Tract↕	Score↕	Pop↕	% over 30% on rent↕	Average rent↕
32003005870	5.6	4,137	44%	$2,026
32003005871	5.3	1,909	52%	$1,868
32003005869	5.2	3,813	19%	$1,863
32003005852	5	6,270	35%	$1,575

Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 44

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

Socioeconomic status 45%ile

Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden

Household characteristics 53%ile

Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+

Racial/ethnic minority 73%ile

Hispanic + non-white share of population

Housing & transport 32%ile

Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle

Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in The Cliffs

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

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

1,224Total filings 2020-21
3.8Avg monthly observed
2.6Pre-pandemic baseline
1.43×Ratio to baseline

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

CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in The Cliffs

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

15.3%Housing insecurity
9.4%Utility shutoff threat
16.9%Food insecurity
14.1%SNAP enrollment
12.0%No health insurance
29.7%Any disability

Frequently asked

About The Cliffs

What is the eviction-risk score for The Cliffs?

The Cliffs scores 5.2/10 (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.

How does The Cliffs compare to Spring Valley overall?

The Cliffs scores 0.7 points lower than Spring Valley overall (5.9/10). Renters spend 35% of income on rent vs 33% citywide. Average rent: $1,793 vs $1,743.

What is the average rent in The Cliffs?

Average gross rent in The Cliffs is $1,793/month (pop-weighted across 4 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What percentage of The Cliffs residents are renters?

39% of The Cliffs households are renter-occupied (vs 49% in Spring Valley). The neighborhood has 16,129 residents.

Is The Cliffs a high social-vulnerability area?

The Cliffs sits in the 44th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.

Which tracts in The Cliffs have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in The Cliffs is census tract 32003005870 (score 5.6/10). Across the 4 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5 to 5.6, a spread of 0.6 points.

How safe is The Cliffs for landlords?

The Cliffs carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.2/10). 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 Spring Valley as a whole (5.9/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.

What is the demographic breakdown of The Cliffs?

The Cliffs has 15,877 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (40.7%), Hispanic / Latino (20.2%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (16.8%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.

Nearby

Other neighborhoods near The Cliffs

5.4 Southern Hills 2 tracts · pop 13,975 5.3 Spanish Hills 5 tracts · pop 25,736 5.4 Siena 3 tracts · pop 13,123 5.7 Buffalo Ranch 8 tracts · pop 33,879 5.3 The Lakes 7 tracts · pop 29,010 4 Mountain's Edge 6 tracts · pop 40,845

Sibling neighborhoods

Other neighborhoods inside Spring Valley

Same parent city, ranked by score similarity to The Cliffs.

5.2 Southern Hills 2 tracts · pop 13,975 5.4 Spanish Trail 1 tracts · pop 6,319 5.4 The Lakes 7 tracts · pop 29,010 5.4 Spanish Hills 5 tracts · pop 25,736 4.9 Siena 3 tracts · pop 13,123 5.7 Buffalo Ranch 8 tracts · pop 33,879

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