Neighborhood · Albuquerque, NM

Journal Center Eviction Risk: Moderate

4 census tracts · pop 17,798 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.3/10 · range 3–5.2

Journal Center is a 4-tract suburb of Albuquerque, NM and houses 17,798 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 4.3/10, placing it in the Moderate tier. Cost burden runs 47% against 31.4% citywide, putting Journal Center 15.2% 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. Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 3 to 5.2, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk. At $1,418 a month, rents sit 24% over what the rest of Albuquerque commands.

The main counterweight is economic stress, at 2.9/10. Court records carry 3,939 eviction filings across its 3 observed tracts.

The worst year on record was 2007, when filings touched 26.8% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 11.4% in 2014, is well off that peak. Among the 40 mapped neighborhoods of Albuquerque, it ranks #21 by risk, the middle third.

The closest comparables inside the same city are Pueblo Alto and Candlelight Park. Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $62,411. 33% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 4.3 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

4.3

Moderate

4 tracts · population-weighted

Journal Center vs Albuquerque How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average

% of income on rent

46.6% +48%

Albuquerque: 31.4%

Average gross rent

$1,418 +24%

Albuquerque: $1,145

Average HH income

$62,411 -5%

Albuquerque: $65,604

Poverty rate

11.2% -30%

Albuquerque: 16.0%

Renter share

32.7% -14%

Albuquerque: 38.2%

Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Journal Center and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 4 tracts span score 3–5.2

Why Journal Center scores 4.3

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 7.0–7.0 across tracts

7.0

Rent control risk

47% of income on rent · Range 4.0–4.0 across tracts

4.0

Eviction process difficulty

State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 5.5–5.5 across tracts

5.5

Tenant organizing strength

33% renter households · Range 5.5–5.5 across tracts

5.5

Housing court bias

County bench composition · Range 5.0–5.0 across tracts

5.0

Economic stress

11.2% below poverty line · Range 1.0–5.3 across tracts

2.9

Supply constraint

Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 4.4–6.3 across tracts

5.7

Risk score comparison

Journal Center vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Journal Center?

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 2.2 points from 3 to 5.2. This neighborhood crosses multiple risk tiers, so block-by-block conditions vary substantially.

Tracts as heat grid

5.2 4.6 4.3 3.0

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

Census tracts

4 tracts in Journal Center

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

Tract↕	Score↕	Pop↕	% over 30% on rent↕	Average rent↕
35001003725	5.2	4,057	61%	$1,252
35001003723	4.6	6,463	55%	$1,451
35001003736	4.3	2,347	45%	$1,441
35001003746	3	4,931	24%	$1,500

Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 60

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

Socioeconomic status 42%ile

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

Household characteristics 63%ile

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

Racial/ethnic minority 72%ile

Hispanic + non-white share of population

Housing & transport 67%ile

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

Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Journal Center

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

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

3,939Total filings (sum)
15.07%Avg annual filing rate
26.8%Peak year (2007)
11.00%Latest filed (2014)

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

1,414Total filings 2020-21
4.4Avg monthly observed
5.2Pre-pandemic baseline
0.89×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 Journal Center

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

12.4%Housing insecurity
8.2%Utility shutoff threat
15.0%Food insecurity
11.7%SNAP enrollment
11.6%No health insurance
30.0%Any disability

Frequently asked

About Journal Center

What is the eviction-risk score for Journal Center?

Journal Center scores 4.3/10 (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.

How does Journal Center compare to Albuquerque overall?

Journal Center scores 0.0 points higher than Albuquerque overall (4.3/10). Renters spend 47% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,418 vs $1,145.

What is the average rent in Journal Center?

Average gross rent in Journal Center is $1,418/month (pop-weighted across 4 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What percentage of Journal Center residents are renters?

33% of Journal Center households are renter-occupied (vs 38% in Albuquerque). The neighborhood has 17,798 residents.

Is Journal Center a high social-vulnerability area?

Journal Center sits in the 60th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.

Which tracts in Journal Center have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Journal Center is census tract 35001003725 (score 5.2/10). Across the 4 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 5.2, a spread of 2.2 points.

How safe is Journal Center for landlords?

Journal Center carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.3/10). 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 Albuquerque as a whole (4.3/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.

What is the demographic breakdown of Journal Center?

Journal Center has 17,233 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (45.9%), Hispanic / Latino (38.8%), Other / Multiracial (7.7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.

Nearby

Other neighborhoods near Journal Center

3.3 Tanoan 8 tracts · pop 32,920 4 Lee Acres 3 tracts · pop 13,037 4 Vista Encantada 6 tracts · pop 17,404 5.4 Netherwood Park 3 tracts · pop 12,513 4.4 Candlelight Park 4 tracts · pop 11,150 4.6 Pueblo Alto 4 tracts · pop 13,493

Sibling neighborhoods

Other neighborhoods inside Albuquerque

Same parent city, ranked by score similarity to Journal Center.

4.4 Pueblo Alto 4 tracts · pop 13,493 4.1 Vista Encantada 6 tracts · pop 17,404 4.5 Candlelight Park 4 tracts · pop 11,150 4.6 Sandia Vista 1 tracts · pop 3,540 4.6 La Reina de Los Altos 2 tracts · pop 6,239 4 Los Campos 2 tracts · pop 6,430

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