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Neighborhood · Albuquerque, NM

Barelas Eviction Risk: Moderate

4 census tracts · pop 13,523 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.2/10 · range 4.6–5.7

Barelas is a 4-tract neighborhood of Albuquerque, NM, population 13,523. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 5.2/10, in the Moderate tier. Cost burden runs 55% against 31.4% citywide, putting Barelas 23.7% over its own city.

The severe-burden share is 28%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. The clearest offset is supply constraint, at 2/10.

The poverty rate is 25%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. At $902 a month, rents sit 21% under what the rest of Albuquerque commands. The 4 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 4.6 to 5.7, a 1.1-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address.

20.7% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt. Court records carry 2,147 eviction filings across its 3 observed tracts.

Food insecurity affects 28.3% of adults, 10.5 points above the national rate. Filing activity peaked in 2011 at 12.7% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 5.2% in 2014, is well off that peak.

Among the 40 mapped neighborhoods of Albuquerque, it ranks #9 by risk, the upper third. For a like-for-like read, Netherwood Park and La Cuesta score within a fraction of it. Social vulnerability runs high at 9/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.

For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 5.2 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score
5.2
Moderate
4 tracts · population-weighted
Barelas vs Albuquerque How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
55.1% +75%
Albuquerque: 31.4%
Average gross rent
$902 -21%
Albuquerque: $1,145
Average HH income
$39,627 -40%
Albuquerque: $65,604
Poverty rate
24.8% +55%
Albuquerque: 16.0%
Renter share
50.8% +33%
Albuquerque: 38.2%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Barelas and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 4 tracts span score 4.6–5.7

Why Barelas scores 5.2

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 3.9–3.9 across tracts
3.9
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 6.2–6.2 across tracts
6.2
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 6.6–7.0 across tracts
6.8
Rent control risk
55% of income on rent · Range 4.0–6.4 across tracts
5.5
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 3.6–5.5 across tracts
4.3
Tenant organizing strength
51% renter households · Range 5.5–5.5 across tracts
5.5
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 5.0–7.1 across tracts
6.3
Economic stress
24.8% below poverty line · Range 3.7–8.3 across tracts
6.2
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.0–2.8 across tracts
2.0
Risk score comparison

Barelas vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Barelas score vs. parent city, state, U.S.5.2BarelasNeighborhood4.3Parent cityhost city4.1Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Barelas?

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 1.1 points from 4.6 to 5.7. Moderate variation across constituent tracts.
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 Barelas

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

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
35001001400 5.7 2,134 62% $637
35001004300 5.4 5,616 65% $926
35001002200 5 3,106 52% $922
35001002303 4.6 2,667 32% $1,042
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 89

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

Socioeconomic status 84%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 87%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 83%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 78%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Barelas

Aggregated across 3 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 2,147Total filings (sum)
  • 6.45%Avg annual filing rate
  • 12.7%Peak year (2011)
  • 5.42%Latest filed (2014)

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 948Total filings 2020-21
  • 3.3Avg monthly observed
  • 4.2Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.85×Ratio to baseline

Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Albuquerque, NM).

CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Barelas

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

Frequently asked

About Barelas

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Barelas?

Barelas 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.
Q2

How does Barelas compare to Albuquerque overall?

Barelas scores 0.9 points higher than Albuquerque overall (4.3/10). Renters spend 55% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $902 vs $1,145.
Q3

What is the average rent in Barelas?

Average gross rent in Barelas is $902/month (pop-weighted across 4 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Barelas residents are renters?

51% of Barelas households are renter-occupied (vs 38% in Albuquerque). The neighborhood has 13,523 residents.
Q5

Is Barelas a high social-vulnerability area?

Barelas sits in the 89th 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 Barelas have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Barelas is census tract 35001001400 (score 5.7/10). Across the 4 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 4.6 to 5.7, a spread of 1.1 points.
Q7

How safe is Barelas for landlords?

Barelas 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 Albuquerque as a whole (4.3/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Barelas?

Barelas has 13,068 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (66.5%), White (non-Hispanic) (25.6%), Other / Multiracial (5.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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