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

Mesa Patios Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 04013421502 · Maricopa, AZ · pop 3,306 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

Census tract 04013421502 covers part of the Mesa Patios area of Mesa, AZ, and scores 4.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,306. 61% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Maricopa County average of 46.0%.

Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 38% Stable renters 24% Owners 38%
Tract context
Occupied units1,087
Renter share61.7%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate23.5%
Median income$49,870

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#5 of 7 tracts In Mesa Patios
Low
Within parent city
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#20 of 133 tracts In Mesa
High
Within county
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#233 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 Mesa and the region

Centroid at 33.4187, -111.8141 · click any tract to drill in

Why Mesa Patios scores 4.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Mesa
3.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.1
State political climate
Arizona legislature & governorship
2.2
Economic stress
23.5% poverty · this tract
5.9
Supply constraint
$1,295 rent vs county FMR
1.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Mesa
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Mesa
2.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Mesa
2.5

How Mesa Patios compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Mesa Patios risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.64.6This tracttract 421502Mesa: 3.23.2Mesaparent cityCounty: 3.73.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 97

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)

  • 294Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 9.62%Avg annual filing rate
  • 11.5%Peak (2002)
  • 42Filings in 2005 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2005
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 040134215022001: 72 filings (11.37/100 renter HHs)2002: 73 filings (11.53/100 renter HHs)2003: 46 filings (7.27/100 renter HHs)2004: 61 filings (9.64/100 renter HHs)2005: 42 filings (8.27/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 42% over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Mesa Patios. 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 Mesa Patios

Severe burden reaches 30%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.9/10.

Food insecurity runs 34.1% against 17.8% nationally. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.6/10. The poverty rate is 24%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Average gross rent is $1,295, 20% below the Mesa average. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 294 filings here across 5 tracked years.

It sits 0.9 points above the Maricopa County average of 3.7. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 14.3% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

Filings peaked in 2002 at 11.5% of renter households. In a typical year about 9.6% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 53rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Social vulnerability reads 9.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 04013421502

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 04013421502?

Census tract 04013421502 in the Mesa Patios 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 04013421502?

Median gross rent is $1,295/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 04013421502?

23.5% of residents in tract 04013421502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,306.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 04013421502?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 74th, minority 77th, housing 95th.
Q5

Is tract 04013421502 considered part of Mesa Patios?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 04013421502 fall within Mesa Patios (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 04013421502?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 294 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 04013421502 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.62% of renter households, peaking at 11.5% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 04013421502 struggle to pay rent?

About 23.6% 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. 14.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 04013421502 compare to Mesa overall?

Tract 04013421502 scores 4.6/10, higher than the parent city of Mesa at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Mesa eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Mesa

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

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