Within parent city
64
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #44,239 of 84,120 nationally
Sparks Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 32031002801 · Washoe, NV · pop 5,051 · 76% of tract blocks fall in Sparks
Census tract 32031002801 covers part of Sparks, NV, and scores 4.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 30%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 48%
Tract context
Occupied units1,798
Renter share52.4%
SVI overall0.77
Poverty rate11.4%
Median income$82,375
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
56
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
50
th percentile
Moderate
National
47
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sparks and the region
Centroid at 39.5580, -119.7649 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sparks scores 4.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Sparks
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.2
State political climate
Nevada legislature & governorship
3.7
Economic stress
11.4% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,791 rent vs county FMR
5.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Sparks
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Sparks
2.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Sparks
3.0
How Sparks compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 77
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 76%Socioeconomic
- 50%Household composition
- 71%Racial/ethnic minority
- 77%Housing & transportation
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)
- 180Total filings over 1 yrs
- 37.19%Avg annual filing rate
- 37.2%Peak (2001)
- 180Filings in 2001 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 17.0%Housing insecurity
- 9.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.9%Food insecurity
- 15.9%SNAP enrollment
- 11.1%Transit barriers
- 17.2%No health insurance
- 18.6%Frequent mental distress
- 33.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sparks
Cost burden runs 57% here against 44.0% across Washoe County. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10.
Running cool, tenant-organizing strength reads 2.5/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.8/10. The filing record is not thin: 180 evictions over 1 years of observation.
Filings peaked in 2001 at 37.2% of renter households. In a typical year about 37.2% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 47% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.9/10. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
It tracks the Washoe County average of 4.1 closely. Average gross rent is $1,791, close to the Sparks average. Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $82,375.
52% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 32031002801
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 32031002801?
Census tract 32031002801 in Sparks scores 4.3/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 32031002801?
Median gross rent is $1,791/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 32031002801?
11.4% of residents in tract 32031002801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,051.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 32031002801?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 50th, minority 71th, housing 77th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 32031002801?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 180 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 32031002801 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 37.19% of renter households, peaking at 37.2% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 32031002801 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.0% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 9.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 32031002801 compare to Sparks overall?
Tract 32031002801 scores 4.3/10, higher than the parent city of Sparks at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sparks eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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/ 10 · Moderate
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/ 10 · Moderate
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