Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Commerce City Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 08001008706 · Adams County, CO · pop 5,474
Census tract 08001008706 covers part of Commerce City, CO, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,474. Severe burden reaches 30%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units1,797
Renter share37.9%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate15.4%
Median income$44,327
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
72
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
65
th percentile
Elevated
National
70
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Commerce City and the region
Centroid at 39.8236, -104.9078 · click any tract to drill in
Why Commerce City scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Commerce City
8.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
Colorado legislature & governorship
4.7
Economic stress
15.4% poverty · this tract
3.8
Supply constraint
$1,154 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Commerce City
3.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Commerce City
3.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Commerce City
4.7
How Commerce City compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 95
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 91%Socioeconomic
- 93%Household composition
- 80%Racial/ethnic minority
- 86%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)
- 296Total filings over 5 yrs
- 8.70%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.1%Peak (2004)
- 37Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 26% over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Commerce City
At $1,154 a month, rents run 39% under what the rest of Commerce City commands. The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.9/10.
Adults with no health insurance runs 29.3% against 11.3% nationally. On the high side, local political climate reads 8.3/10. It sits 0.9 points above the Adams County average of 4.5.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 296 filings here across 5 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2004, when 15.1% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 8.7% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.6/10.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 08001008706
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 08001008706?
Census tract 08001008706 in Commerce City scores 5.4/10 (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 08001008706?
Median gross rent is $1,154/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 08001008706?
15.4% of residents in tract 08001008706 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,474.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 08001008706?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 91th, household 93th, minority 80th, housing 86th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 08001008706?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 296 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 08001008706 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.70% of renter households, peaking at 15.1% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 08001008706 compare to Commerce City overall?
Tract 08001008706 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Commerce City at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Commerce City eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Commerce City
Top eight tracts in Commerce City ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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/ 10 · Moderate
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5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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08001988700
4
/ 10 · Moderate
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08001008901
3.7
/ 10 · Low
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3.2
/ 10 · Low
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3.1
/ 10 · Low
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3
/ 10 · Low
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3
/ 10 · Low
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