West Haven Eviction Risk: Moderate

What pushes the score up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10. On the softer side is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.2/10.

The severe-burden share is 14%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. Court records for this tract carry 325 eviction filings.

Well under the midpoint is economic stress, at 2.8/10. SNAP participation is 6.4% of households versus 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity affects 8.8% of adults, 9.0 points below the national rate.

The worst year on record was 2010, when filings touched 5.2% of renter households. Recent filings have not receded much: 3.2% in 2016 against a 5.2% peak.

Among the 9 mapped neighborhoods of Lakewood, it ranks #6 by risk, the lower third. The closest comparables inside the same city are Madison Village and Uptown.

Rent takes 19% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market. Average gross rent runs $1,131, close to the Lakewood average.

One tract means one number: 4/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.