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Census Tract · Ranked #47,371 of 84,120 nationally

Brighton Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 08001008605 · Adams County, CO · pop 3,788

With a score of 4.1/10, tract 08001008605 in Brighton, CO reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,788. Severe burden reaches 39%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10% Stable renters 10% Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units1,369
Renter share19.8%
SVI overall0.60
Poverty rate7.3%
Median income$101,250

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#7 of 10 tracts In Brighton
Low
Within county
43 th percentile
Rank, 43rd percentileLowHigh
#61 of 107 tracts In Adams County
Moderate
Within state
35 th percentile
Rank, 35th percentileLowHigh
#938 of 1,447 tracts In Colorado
Low
National
44 th percentile
Rank, 44th percentileLowHigh
#47,371 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Brighton and the region

Centroid at 39.9796, -104.8053 · click any tract to drill in

Why Brighton scores 4.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Brighton
8.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
Colorado legislature & governorship
4.7
Economic stress
7.3% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,685 rent vs county FMR
2.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Brighton
7.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Brighton
6.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Brighton
6.0

How Brighton compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Brighton risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.1This tracttract 0086054.6Brightonparent city4.5Countyavg tract in county4.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 60

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)

  • 355Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 15.47%Avg annual filing rate
  • 19.2%Peak (2017)
  • 108Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 08001008605
Filings climbed 200% over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Brighton

The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.9/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8.3/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.8/10.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 355 filings here across 5 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2017 at 19.2% of renter households. In a typical year about 15.5% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #47,371 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 20% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the CO average is 4.9, so this tract runs 0.8 points cooler. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 51% of renters.

It tracks the Adams County average of 4.5 closely. Average gross rent is $1,685, close to the Brighton average.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 08001008605

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 08001008605?

Census tract 08001008605 in Brighton scores 4.1/10 (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 08001008605?

Median gross rent is $1,685/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 08001008605?

7.3% of residents in tract 08001008605 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,788.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 08001008605?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 47th, minority 53th, housing 69th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 08001008605?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 355 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 08001008605 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 15.47% of renter households, peaking at 19.2% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

How does tract 08001008605 compare to Brighton overall?

Tract 08001008605 scores 4.1/10, lower than the parent city of Brighton at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Brighton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Brighton

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

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