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Neighborhood · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally

Surprise Original Townsite Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 04013060801 · Maricopa, AZ · pop 5,922 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

Census tract 04013060801 covers part of the Surprise Original Townsite area of Surprise, AZ, and scores 4.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,922 residents. Average gross rent is $975, 52% below the Surprise average.

Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19% Stable renters 16% Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units2,030
Renter share34.9%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate24.2%
Median income$52,674

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 4 tracts In Surprise Original Townsite
Very High
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 29 tracts In Surprise
Very High
Within county
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#205 of 1,009 tracts In Maricopa
High
Within state
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#397 of 1,765 tracts In Arizona
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Surprise and the region

Centroid at 33.6319, -112.3316 · click any tract to drill in

Why Surprise Original Townsite scores 4.6

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
24.2% poverty · this tract
6.0
Supply constraint
$975 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Surprise Original Townsite compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Surprise Original Townsite risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.64.6This tracttract 060801Surprise: 3.23.2Surpriseparent cityCounty: 3.73.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 98

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)

  • 183Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 5.66%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.8%Peak (2003)
  • 39Filings in 2005 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2005
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 040130608012001: 34 filings (5.23/100 renter HHs)2002: 27 filings (4.15/100 renter HHs)2003: 44 filings (6.77/100 renter HHs)2004: 39 filings (6.00/100 renter HHs)2005: 39 filings (6.14/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Surprise Original Townsite. 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 Surprise Original Townsite

The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.9/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 25.7% against 11.3% nationally. Against Maricopa County at 46.0%, 54% of renters here are cost-burdened.

The poverty rate is 24%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. The severe-burden share is 10%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Court records carry 183 eviction filings across 5 observed years. It sits 0.9 points above the Maricopa County average of 3.7.

SNAP participation runs 22.9% against 15.2% nationally. The worst year on record was 2003, when 6.8% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 5.7% of renter households face a filing.

That is riskier than roughly 53% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 04013060801

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 04013060801?

Census tract 04013060801 in the Surprise Original Townsite neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (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 04013060801?

Median gross rent is $975/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 04013060801?

24.2% of residents in tract 04013060801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,922.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 04013060801?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 87th, minority 81th, housing 98th.
Q5

Is tract 04013060801 considered part of Surprise Original Townsite?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 04013060801 fall within Surprise Original Townsite (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 04013060801?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 183 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 04013060801 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.66% of renter households, peaking at 6.8% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 04013060801 struggle to pay rent?

About 20.4% 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. 11.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 04013060801 compare to Surprise overall?

Tract 04013060801 scores 4.6/10, higher than 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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