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Neighborhood · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally

Hillcrest Eviction Risk: Moderate , Shaw Heights

Tract 08001009401 · Adams County, CO · pop 4,626 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

Tract 08001009401 sits in the Hillcrest area of Westminster eviction risk, CO, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.2/10. It is home to 4,626 residents. Severe burden reaches 30%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10% Stable renters 8% Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units1,658
Renter share18.3%
SVI overall0.26
Poverty rate8.4%
Median income$103,500

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Hillcrest
Very Low
Within parent city
56 th percentile
Rank, 56th percentileLowHigh
#12 of 26 tracts In Shaw Heights
Elevated
Within county
48 th percentile
Rank, 48th percentileLowHigh
#56 of 107 tracts In Adams County
Moderate
Within state
38 th percentile
Rank, 38th percentileLowHigh
#903 of 1,447 tracts In Colorado
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Shaw Heights and the region

Centroid at 39.8474, -105.0377 · click any tract to drill in

Why Hillcrest scores 4.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Shaw Heights
6.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
Colorado legislature & governorship
4.7
Economic stress
8.4% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,801 rent vs county FMR
3.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Shaw Heights
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Shaw Heights
7.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Shaw Heights
5.4

How Hillcrest compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Hillcrest risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.2This tracttract 0094014.4Shaw Heightsparent city4.5Countyavg tract in county4.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 26

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)

  • 89Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 4.05%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.4%Peak (2004)
  • 15Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 08001009401
Filings climbed 15% over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Hillcrest. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Hillcrest

The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.9/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 2.1/10.

On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.6/10. 55% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Adams County average of 50.4%. Court records carry 89 eviction filings across 5 observed years.

The worst year on record was 2004, when 5.4% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 4.0% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 46th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Only 18% 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. Social vulnerability reads 3.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Adams County average of 4.5 closely. Average gross rent is $1,801, close to the Westminster average.

Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $103,500.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 08001009401

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 08001009401?

Census tract 08001009401 in the Hillcrest neighborhood scores 4.2/10 (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 08001009401?

Median gross rent is $1,801/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 08001009401?

8.4% of residents in tract 08001009401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,626.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 08001009401?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 26th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 41th, household 58th, minority 67th, housing 4th.
Q5

Is tract 08001009401 considered part of Hillcrest?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 08001009401 fall within Hillcrest (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 08001009401?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 89 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 08001009401 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.05% of renter households, peaking at 5.4% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 08001009401 compare to Shaw Heights overall?

Tract 08001009401 scores 4.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Shaw Heights at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Shaw Heights; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Shaw Heights

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

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