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Census Tract · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally

Albuquerque Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 35001004760 · Bernalillo County, NM · pop 4,031

35001004760 is a census tract in Albuquerque, NM. It scores 5.7/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,031 residents. Severe burden reaches 30%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 39% Stable renters 45% Owners 16%
Tract context
Occupied units1,729
Renter share83.9%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate34.5%
Median income$42,518

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#25 of 149 tracts In Albuquerque
High
Within county
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 176 tracts In Bernalillo County
Very High
Within state
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#25 of 612 tracts In New Mexico
Very High
National
74 th percentile
Rank, 74th percentileLowHigh
#21,564 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Albuquerque and the region

Centroid at 35.0921, -106.7203 · click any tract to drill in

Why Albuquerque scores 5.7

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
34.5% poverty · this tract
8.6
Supply constraint
$994 rent vs county FMR
2.5
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 Albuquerque compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Albuquerque risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.7This tracttract 0047604.3Albuquerqueparent city4.3Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 86

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

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 883Total filings 2020-21
  • 11.5Avg monthly (observed)
  • 18.5Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.62×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

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 Albuquerque

The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.8/10. 84% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. The poverty rate is 34%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Sitting well above the midpoint, economic stress reads 8.6/10. Housing insecurity runs 28.9% against 14.2% nationally.

It sits 1.4 points above the Bernalillo County average of 4.3. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 20.3% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.5/10. At $994 a month, rents run 13% under what the rest of Albuquerque commands. On the national scale it lands near the 74th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Social vulnerability reads 8.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the NM average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. 46% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.

Annual rent works out to 28% of average household income of $42,518.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 35001004760

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 35001004760?

Census tract 35001004760 in Albuquerque scores 5.7/10 (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 35001004760?

Median gross rent is $994/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 35001004760?

34.5% of residents in tract 35001004760 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,031.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 35001004760?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 62th, household 99th, minority 90th, housing 65th.
Q5

Did eviction filings in tract 35001004760 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.62× 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.
Q6

What share of households in tract 35001004760 struggle to pay rent?

About 28.9% 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. 20.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 35001004760 compare to Albuquerque overall?

Tract 35001004760 scores 5.7/10, higher 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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