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Barnum Eviction Risk: Elevated , Denver

Tract 08031000903 · Denver County, CO · pop 5,289 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

Census tract 08031000903 belongs to the Barnum neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. It is home to 5,289 residents and scores 7.2/10, an elevated reading for landlords. That is riskier than about 97% of US census tracts.

59% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 36% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,503 a month against an average household income of $61,591 a year, roughly 29% of income at the averages. Renters make up 39% of occupied homes.

Risk score
6.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23% Stable renters 16% Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units1,846
Renter share39.4%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate22.2%
Median income$61,591

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Barnum
Moderate
Within parent city
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#18 of 178 tracts In Denver
Very High
Within county
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#18 of 178 tracts In Denver County
Very High
Within state
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#49 of 1,447 tracts In Colorado
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Denver and the region

Centroid at 39.7189, -105.0319 · click any tract to drill in

Why Barnum scores 6.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
22.2% poverty · this tract
5.5
Supply constraint
$1,503 rent vs county FMR
2.0
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 Barnum compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Barnum risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.26.2This tracttract 000903Denver: 5.75.7Denverparent cityCounty: 4.84.8Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.23.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 83

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

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)

  • 283Total filings over 8 yrs
  • 4.35%Avg annual filing rate
  • 8.2%Peak (2009)
  • 22Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 080310009032009: 56 filings (8.20/100 renter HHs)2010: 36 filings (4.62/100 renter HHs)2011: 39 filings (4.47/100 renter HHs)2012: 45 filings (5.15/100 renter HHs)2013: 29 filings (3.32/100 renter HHs)2014: 24 filings (2.75/100 renter HHs)2015: 32 filings (3.67/100 renter HHs)2016: 22 filings (2.59/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 61% over the past 8 months.
Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Barnum

The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at 8.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Denver eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Denver County average of 6.7 and above the Colorado statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 83rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 90% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 08031000903

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 08031000903?

Census tract 08031000903 in the Barnum neighborhood scores 6.2/10 (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 08031000903?

Median gross rent is $1,503/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 08031000903?

22.2% of residents in tract 08031000903 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,289.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 08031000903?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 80th, minority 82th, housing 38th.
Q5

Is tract 08031000903 considered part of Barnum?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 08031000903 fall within Barnum (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 08031000903?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 283 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 08031000903 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.35% of renter households, peaking at 8.2% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 08031000903 compare to Denver overall?

Tract 08031000903 scores 6.2/10, higher than the parent city of Denver at 5.7/10. 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 08031000903 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 90% 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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