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Neighborhood · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally

Taos Eviction Risk: Lower , Surprise

Tract 04013040528 · Maricopa, AZ · pop 5,970 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

With a score of 3.2/10, tract 04013040528 in the Taos area of Surprise, AZ reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,970 residents. 28% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Maricopa County average of 46.0%.

Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2% Stable renters 6% Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units3,387
Renter share7.7%
SVI overall0.07
Poverty rate8.3%
Median income$78,658

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Taos
Moderate
Within parent city
64 th percentile
Rank, 64th percentileLowHigh
#11 of 29 tracts In Surprise
Elevated
Within county
48 th percentile
Rank, 48th percentileLowHigh
#530 of 1,009 tracts In Maricopa
Moderate
Within state
44 th percentile
Rank, 44th percentileLowHigh
#983 of 1,765 tracts In Arizona
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Surprise and the region

Centroid at 33.6527, -112.4037 · click any tract to drill in

Why Taos scores 3.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Surprise
2.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.1
State political climate
Arizona legislature & governorship
2.2
Economic stress
8.3% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$2,105 rent vs county FMR
5.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Surprise
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Surprise
1.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Surprise
2.0

How Taos compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Taos risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.23.2This tracttract 040528Surprise: 3.23.2Surpriseparent cityCounty: 3.73.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 7

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)

  • 1Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 0.86%Avg annual filing rate
  • 0.9%Peak (2005)
  • 1Filings in 2005 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2005
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 040130405282001: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2002: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2003: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2004: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2005: 1 filings (0.86/100 renter HHs)
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 Taos

The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.9/10.

Set annual rent against average income of $78,658 and the ratio lands at 32%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Well under the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 1.5/10.

Housing insecurity runs 2.6% against 14.2% nationally. SNAP participation runs 3.7% against 15.2% nationally.

The severe-burden share is 11%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The filing record is not thin: 1 evictions over 1 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2005, when 0.9% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 0.9% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 25th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 8% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 04013040528

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 04013040528?

Census tract 04013040528 in the Taos neighborhood scores 3.2/10 (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 04013040528?

Median gross rent is $2,105/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 04013040528?

8.3% of residents in tract 04013040528 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,970.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 04013040528?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 7th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 21th, household 15th, minority 12th, housing 7th.
Q5

Is tract 04013040528 considered part of Taos?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 04013040528 fall within Taos (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 04013040528?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 04013040528 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.86% of renter households, peaking at 0.9% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 04013040528 struggle to pay rent?

About 2.6% 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. 1.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 04013040528 compare to Surprise overall?

Tract 04013040528 scores 3.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Surprise at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Surprise eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Surprise

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

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