Within neighborhood
9
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #41,206 of 84,120 nationally
Melrose District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Phoenix
Tract 04013108901 · Maricopa, AZ · pop 2,364 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
04013108901 is a census tract in the Melrose District area of Phoenix, AZ. It scores 4.5/10 for landlords. Severe burden reaches 33%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units1,125
Renter share48.4%
SVI overall0.46
Poverty rate16.0%
Median income$69,583
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
60
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
74
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
73
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Phoenix and the region
Centroid at 33.4981, -112.0910 · click any tract to drill in
Why Melrose District scores 4.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
16.0% poverty · this tract
4.0
Supply constraint
$1,401 rent vs county FMR
2.2
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 Melrose District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 46
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 56%Socioeconomic
- 21%Household composition
- 65%Racial/ethnic minority
- 43%Housing & transportation
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)
- 934Total filings over 5 yrs
- 26.05%Avg annual filing rate
- 38.7%Peak (2003)
- 153Filings in 2005 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 39% over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Melrose District. 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.
- 14.1%Housing insecurity
- 8.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.4%Food insecurity
- 13.6%SNAP enrollment
- 10.1%Transit barriers
- 13.8%No health insurance
- 16.7%Frequent mental distress
- 29.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Melrose District
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.9/10.
Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.2/10. The filing record is not thin: 934 evictions over 5 years of observation.
Against the Maricopa County average of 3.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.8 points. At $1,401 a month, rents run 11% under what the rest of Phoenix commands.
The worst year on record was 2003, when 38.7% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 26.1% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 51st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.2/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
48% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $69,583.
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 04013108901
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 04013108901?
Census tract 04013108901 in the Melrose District neighborhood scores 4.5/10 (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 04013108901?
Median gross rent is $1,401/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 04013108901?
16.0% of residents in tract 04013108901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,364.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 04013108901?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 46th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 21th, minority 65th, housing 43th.
Q5
Is tract 04013108901 considered part of Melrose District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 04013108901 fall within Melrose District (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 04013108901?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 934 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 04013108901 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 26.05% of renter households, peaking at 38.7% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 04013108901 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.1% 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. 8.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 04013108901 compare to Phoenix overall?
Tract 04013108901 scores 4.5/10, higher 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.
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