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Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Ridgegate Eviction Risk: Lower , Phoenix

Tract 04013103605 · Maricopa, AZ · pop 5,786 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

04013103605 is a census tract in the Ridgegate area of Phoenix, AZ. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Population here is 5,786. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6% Stable renters 4% Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units2,501
Renter share9.8%
SVI overall0.09
Poverty rate4.2%
Median income$138,387

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Ridgegate
Very Low
Within parent city
13 th percentile
Rank, 13th percentileLowHigh
#329 of 379 tracts In Phoenix
Very Low
Within county
35 th percentile
Rank, 35th percentileLowHigh
#658 of 1,009 tracts In Maricopa
Low
Within state
40 th percentile
Rank, 40th percentileLowHigh
#1,065 of 1,765 tracts In Arizona
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Phoenix and the region

Centroid at 33.6166, -112.0798 · click any tract to drill in

Why Ridgegate scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Phoenix
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.1
State political climate
Arizona legislature & governorship
2.2
Economic stress
4.2% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Phoenix
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Phoenix
4.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Phoenix
3.0

How Ridgegate compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Ridgegate risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.03.0This tracttract 103605Phoenix: 3.63.6Phoenixparent cityCounty: 3.73.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 9

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)

  • 234Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 24.50%Avg annual filing rate
  • 34.4%Peak (2003)
  • 35Filings in 2005 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2005
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 040131036052001: 56 filings (28.72/100 renter HHs)2002: 29 filings (14.87/100 renter HHs)2003: 67 filings (34.36/100 renter HHs)2004: 47 filings (24.10/100 renter HHs)2005: 35 filings (20.47/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 38% over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Ridgegate. 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 Ridgegate

Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1/10. Cost burden runs 58% here against 46.0% across Maricopa County. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.9/10.

Housing insecurity runs 5.6% against 14.2% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 234 filings here across 5 tracked years.

It sits 0.7 points below the Maricopa County average of 3.7. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.4% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

Filings peaked in 2003 at 34.4% of renter households. In a typical year about 24.5% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

At 10% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.8/10.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 4%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 04013103605

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 04013103605?

Census tract 04013103605 in the Ridgegate neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 04013103605?

4.2% of residents in tract 04013103605 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,786.
Q3

How socially vulnerable is tract 04013103605?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 7th, household 13th, minority 30th, housing 27th.
Q4

Is tract 04013103605 considered part of Ridgegate?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 04013103605 fall within Ridgegate (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 04013103605?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 234 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 04013103605 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 24.50% of renter households, peaking at 34.4% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 04013103605 struggle to pay rent?

About 5.6% 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. 3.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 04013103605 compare to Phoenix overall?

Tract 04013103605 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Phoenix at 3.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Phoenix eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Phoenix

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

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