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Neighborhood · Ranked #61,558 of 84,120 nationally

Candlelight Park Eviction Risk: Lower , Albuquerque

Tract 35001000109 · Bernalillo County, NM · pop 2,383 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

Census tract 35001000109 covers part of the Candlelight Park area of Albuquerque, NM, and scores 3.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. 28% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5% Stable renters 11% Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units1,055
Renter share15.9%
SVI overall0.44
Poverty rate8.4%
Median income$86,295

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 4 tracts In Candlelight Park
Very Low
Within parent city
26 th percentile
Rank, 26th percentileLowHigh
#111 of 149 tracts In Albuquerque
Low
Within county
26 th percentile
Rank, 26th percentileLowHigh
#131 of 176 tracts In Bernalillo County
Low
Within state
31 th percentile
Rank, 31st percentileLowHigh
#423 of 612 tracts In New Mexico
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Albuquerque and the region

Centroid at 35.1271, -106.5245 · click any tract to drill in

Why Candlelight Park scores 3.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Albuquerque
7.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
New Mexico legislature & governorship
3.9
Economic stress
8.4% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,147 rent vs county FMR
3.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Albuquerque
4.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Albuquerque
5.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Albuquerque
5.0

How Candlelight Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Candlelight Park risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.3This tracttract 0001094.3Albuquerqueparent city4.3Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 44

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

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)

  • 498Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 17.44%Avg annual filing rate
  • 40.0%Peak (2008)
  • 50Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2014
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 35001000109
Filings climbed 92% over the past 15 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 199Total filings 2020-21
  • 2.6Avg monthly (observed)
  • 4.4Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.58×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Albuquerque, NM as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Candlelight Park. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Candlelight Park

The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.8/10. around a third of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Bernalillo County average of 43.9%.

Running cool, economic stress reads 2.1/10. Against the Bernalillo County average of 4.3, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points. Court records carry 498 eviction filings across 15 observed years.

On the high side, local political climate reads 7/10. Filings peaked in 2008 at 40.0% of renter households.

In a typical year about 17.4% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #61,558 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Only 16% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Social vulnerability reads 5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $86,295, an unusually wide affordability cushion.

Statewide the NM average is 4.2, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler. Average gross rent is $1,147, close to the Albuquerque average.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 35001000109

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 35001000109?

Census tract 35001000109 in the Candlelight Park neighborhood scores 3.3/10 (Lower 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 35001000109?

Median gross rent is $1,147/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 35001000109?

8.4% of residents in tract 35001000109 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,383.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 35001000109?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 44th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 33th, household 57th, minority 64th, housing 45th.
Q5

Is tract 35001000109 considered part of Candlelight Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 35001000109 fall within Candlelight Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 35001000109?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 498 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 35001000109 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 17.44% of renter households, peaking at 40.0% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 35001000109 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.58× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Albuquerque eviction risk, NM), 2020-2021.
Q8

What share of households in tract 35001000109 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.6% 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. 7.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9

How does tract 35001000109 compare to Albuquerque overall?

Tract 35001000109 scores 3.3/10, lower than the parent city of Albuquerque at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Albuquerque eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Albuquerque

Top eight tracts in Albuquerque ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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