Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #14,906 of 84,120 nationally
Chaffee Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Denver
Tract 08031000201 · Denver County, CO · pop 3,537 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Census tract 08031000201 covers part of the Chaffee Park area of Denver, CO, and scores 6.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,537 residents. Severe burden reaches 29%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
6.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units1,784
Renter share33.3%
SVI overall0.76
Poverty rate8.7%
Median income$92,237
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
88
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Denver and the region
Centroid at 39.7875, -105.0117 · click any tract to drill in
Why Chaffee Park scores 6.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Denver
9.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.1
State political climate
Colorado legislature & governorship
4.7
Economic stress
8.7% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$1,414 rent vs county FMR
1.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Denver
7.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
8.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Denver
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Denver
7.5
How Chaffee Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 76
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 76%Socioeconomic
- 52%Household composition
- 71%Racial/ethnic minority
- 72%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 12%Grade C
- 6%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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 8 yrs
- 2.73%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.6%Peak (2010)
- 4Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 67% over the past 8 months.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Chaffee Park
What pushes it up most is local political climate at 9/10. Running hot, eviction-process difficulty reads 8.5/10.
Against Denver County at 45.4%, 55% of renters here are cost-burdened. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.6/10. Average gross rent is $1,414, 23% below the Denver average.
Court records carry 89 eviction filings across 8 observed years. Filings peaked in 2010 at 4.6% of renter households.
This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Denver. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 2.7% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 82nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Social vulnerability reads 7.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the CO average is 4.9, so this tract runs 1.7 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 08031000201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 08031000201?
Census tract 08031000201 in the Chaffee Park neighborhood scores 6.6/10 (Elevated 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 08031000201?
Median gross rent is $1,414/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 08031000201?
8.7% of residents in tract 08031000201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,537.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 08031000201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 76th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 52th, minority 71th, housing 72th.
Q5
Is tract 08031000201 considered part of Chaffee Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 08031000201 fall within Chaffee Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 08031000201?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 89 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 08031000201 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.73% of renter households, peaking at 4.6% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 08031000201 compare to Denver overall?
Tract 08031000201 scores 6.6/10, right in line with the parent city of Denver at 6.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Denver eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 08031000201 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 6% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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