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Census Tract · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally

Thornton Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 08001009322 · Adams County, CO · pop 5,064 · 89% of tract blocks fall in Thornton

Tract 08001009322 sits in Thornton eviction risk, CO, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.7/10. Population here is 5,064. 27% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far below the Adams County average of 50.4%.

Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7% Stable renters 20% Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units1,620
Renter share27.4%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate7.4%
Median income$76,293

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 28 tracts In Thornton
High
Within county
58 th percentile
Rank, 58th percentileLowHigh
#46 of 107 tracts In Adams County
Elevated
Within state
48 th percentile
Rank, 48th percentileLowHigh
#747 of 1,447 tracts In Colorado
Moderate
National
55 th percentile
Rank, 55th percentileLowHigh
#37,882 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Thornton and the region

Centroid at 39.8784, -105.0105 · click any tract to drill in

Why Thornton scores 4.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Thornton
6.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
Colorado legislature & governorship
4.7
Economic stress
7.4% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,483 rent vs county FMR
1.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Thornton
7.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Thornton
6.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Thornton
5.9

How Thornton compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Thornton risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.7This tracttract 0093224.5Thorntonparent city4.5Countyavg tract in county4.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 86

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)

  • 333Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 26.96%Avg annual filing rate
  • 63.3%Peak (2004)
  • 30Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 08001009322
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Thornton

The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.9/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.8/10. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.9/10.

At $1,483 a month, rents run 22% under what the rest of Thornton commands. Adults with no health insurance runs 22.1% against 11.3% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 333 filings here across 5 tracked years.

The worst year on record was 2004, when 63.3% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 27.0% of renter households face a filing.

That is riskier than roughly 55% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Adams County average of 4.5 closely.

Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $76,293. 27% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 08001009322

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 08001009322?

Census tract 08001009322 in Thornton 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 08001009322?

Median gross rent is $1,483/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 08001009322?

7.4% of residents in tract 08001009322 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,064.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 08001009322?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 87th, minority 82th, housing 74th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 08001009322?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 333 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 08001009322 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 26.96% of renter households, peaking at 63.3% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

How does tract 08001009322 compare to Thornton overall?

Tract 08001009322 scores 4.7/10, right in line with the parent city of Thornton at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Thornton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Thornton

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

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