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Neighborhood · Ranked #44,239 of 84,120 nationally

Arenal Eviction Risk: Moderate , Albuquerque

Tract 35001004402 · Bernalillo County, NM · pop 3,580 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

Census tract 35001004402 covers part of the Arenal area of South Valley, NM, and scores 4.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,580. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.8/10.

Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6% Stable renters 12% Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units1,249
Renter share17.9%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate16.1%
Median income$62,356

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
25 th percentile
Rank, 25th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 5 tracts In Arenal
Low
Within parent city
44 th percentile
Rank, 44th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 10 tracts In Albuquerque
Moderate
Within county
51 th percentile
Rank, 51st percentileLowHigh
#87 of 176 tracts In Bernalillo County
Moderate
Within state
58 th percentile
Rank, 58th percentileLowHigh
#257 of 612 tracts In New Mexico
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Albuquerque and the region

Centroid at 35.0385, -106.7008 · click any tract to drill in

Why Arenal scores 4.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Albuquerque
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
New Mexico legislature & governorship
3.9
Economic stress
16.1% poverty · this tract
4.0
Supply constraint
$837 rent vs county FMR
1.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Albuquerque
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Albuquerque
5.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Albuquerque
7.1

How Arenal compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Arenal risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.3This tracttract 0044024.3Albuquerqueparent city4.3Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 85

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)

  • 237Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 4.71%Avg annual filing rate
  • 7.4%Peak (2009)
  • 8Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2014
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 35001004402
Filings dropped 58% over the past 15 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 44Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.6Avg monthly (observed)
  • 1.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.59×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 Arenal. 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 Arenal

Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.3/10. Against Bernalillo County at 43.9%, 35% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Adults with no health insurance runs 22.5% against 11.3% nationally. Food insecurity runs 27.1% against 17.8% nationally.

The filing record is not thin: 237 evictions over 15 years of observation. On the high side, housing-court posture reads 7.1/10. At $837 a month, rents run 12% under what the rest of South Valley commands.

The worst year on record was 2009, when 7.4% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 4.7% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #44,239 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 18% 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.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 35001004402

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 35001004402?

Census tract 35001004402 in the Arenal neighborhood 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 35001004402?

Median gross rent is $837/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 35001004402?

16.1% of residents in tract 35001004402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,580.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 35001004402?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 67th, household 95th, minority 84th, housing 75th.
Q5

Is tract 35001004402 considered part of Arenal?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 35001004402 fall within Arenal (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 35001004402?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 237 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 35001004402 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.71% of renter households, peaking at 7.4% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 35001004402 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.59× 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 35001004402 struggle to pay rent?

About 21.6% 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. 13.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9

How does tract 35001004402 compare to Albuquerque overall?

Tract 35001004402 scores 4.3/10, right in line with 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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