Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
Highlands Square Eviction Risk: Moderate , Denver
Tract 08031000303 · Denver County, CO · pop 5,385 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
08031000303 is a census tract in the Highlands Square area of Denver, CO. It scores 5.8/10 for landlords. It is home to 5,385 residents. The dominant input is local political climate at 9/10.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units2,964
Renter share50.1%
SVI overall0.11
Poverty rate4.4%
Median income$102,444
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
25
th percentile
Low
Within county
27
th percentile
Low
Within state
75
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Denver and the region
Centroid at 39.7640, -105.0323 · click any tract to drill in
Why Highlands Square scores 5.8
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
4.4% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,908 rent vs county FMR
3.9
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 Highlands Square compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 11
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 29%Socioeconomic
- 0%Household composition
- 30%Racial/ethnic minority
- 51%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
- 32%Grade B
- 68%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 72Total filings over 8 yrs
- 1.05%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.2%Peak (2010)
- 7Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 53% over the past 8 months.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Highlands Square
Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.1/10. The severe-burden share is 24%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Running hot, eviction-process difficulty reads 8.5/10. Disability prevalence runs 19.3% against 31.5% nationally.
Against the Denver County average of 6.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.9 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 72 filings here across 8 tracked years.
Filings peaked in 2010 at 2.2% 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 1.0% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 76th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2/10.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 08031000303
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 08031000303?
Census tract 08031000303 in the Highlands Square neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (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 08031000303?
Median gross rent is $1,908/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 08031000303?
4.4% of residents in tract 08031000303 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,385.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 08031000303?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 11th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 29th, household 0th, minority 30th, housing 51th.
Q5
Is tract 08031000303 considered part of Highlands Square?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 08031000303 fall within Highlands Square (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 08031000303?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 72 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 08031000303 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.05% of renter households, peaking at 2.2% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 08031000303 compare to Denver overall?
Tract 08031000303 scores 5.8/10, lower than 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 08031000303 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. 0% 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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