Neighborhood · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally
Moon Valley Canyon Eviction Risk: Moderate , Phoenix
Tract 04013618800 ·
Maricopa, AZ · pop 5,478 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Census tract 04013618800 covers part of the Moon Valley Canyon area of Phoenix, AZ, and scores 4.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. Against Maricopa County at 46.0%, 63% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 40%Stable renters 23%Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units2,427
Renter share63.7%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate11.4%
Median income$48,750
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100th percentile
#1 of 2 tracts In Moon Valley Canyon
Very High
Within parent city
64th percentile
#138 of 379 tracts In Phoenix
Elevated
Within county
80th percentile
#202 of 1,009 tracts In Maricopa
High
Within state
79th percentile
#373 of 1,765 tracts In Arizona
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Phoenix and the region
Centroid at 33.6438, -112.0913 · click any tract to drill in
Why Moon Valley Canyon scores 4.7
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
11.4% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,350 rent vs county FMR
1.9
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 Moon Valley Canyon compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 92
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
95%Socioeconomic
94%Household composition
71%Racial/ethnic minority
62%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)
2,985Total filings over 5 yrs
39.73%Avg annual filing rate
46.6%Peak (2004)
517Filings in 2005 (latest validated)
Filings by year2001 to 2005
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Moon Valley Canyon. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
18.9%Housing insecurity
11.4%Utility-shutoff threat
26.0%Food insecurity
20.9%SNAP enrollment
13.7%Transit barriers
18.2%No health insurance
19.0%Frequent mental distress
34.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Moon Valley Canyon
Severe burden reaches 28%. 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.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.9/10. Set annual rent against average income of $48,750 and the ratio lands at 33%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.
Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.9/10. It sits 1.0 points above the Maricopa County average of 3.7.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 2,985 filings here across 5 tracked years. Food insecurity runs 26.0% against 17.8% nationally.
At $1,350 a month, rents run 15% under what the rest of Phoenix commands. Filings peaked in 2004 at 46.6% of renter households. In a typical year about 39.7% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 55% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.3/10.
Statewide the AZ average is 3.8, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 04013618800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 04013618800?
Census tract 04013618800 in the Moon Valley Canyon neighborhood scores 4.7/10 (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 04013618800?
Median gross rent is $1,350/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 04013618800?
11.4% of residents in tract 04013618800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,478.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 04013618800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 94th, minority 71th, housing 62th.
Q5
Is tract 04013618800 considered part of Moon Valley Canyon?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 04013618800 fall within Moon Valley Canyon (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 04013618800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 2,985 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 04013618800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 39.73% of renter households, peaking at 46.6% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 04013618800 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.9% 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. 11.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 04013618800 compare to Phoenix overall?
Tract 04013618800 scores 4.7/10, 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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