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Villa Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Denver

Tract 08031000905 · Denver County, CO · pop 2,958 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Tract 08031000905 covers the Villa Park area of Denver in Colorado. Home to 2,958 residents, it scores 6.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 93% of US census tracts.

About 41% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 28% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $2,067 a month against an average household income of $90,811 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. Renters make up 36% of occupied homes.

Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 21% Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units1,250
Renter share36.0%
SVI overall0.53
Poverty rate18.0%
Median income$90,811

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Villa Park
Very Low
Within parent city
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#51 of 178 tracts In Denver
Elevated
Within county
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#51 of 178 tracts In Denver County
Elevated
Within state
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#134 of 1,447 tracts In Colorado
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Denver and the region

Centroid at 39.7305, -105.0320 · click any tract to drill in

Why Villa Park scores 5.3

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
18.0% poverty · this tract
4.5
Supply constraint
$2,067 rent vs county FMR
4.7
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 Villa Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Villa Park risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.35.3This tracttract 000905Denver: 5.75.7Denverparent cityCounty: 4.84.8Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.23.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 53

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)

  • 172Total filings over 8 yrs
  • 4.61%Avg annual filing rate
  • 8.3%Peak (2010)
  • 5Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 080310009052009: 25 filings (5.46/100 renter HHs)2010: 39 filings (8.30/100 renter HHs)2011: 36 filings (7.66/100 renter HHs)2012: 17 filings (3.62/100 renter HHs)2013: 14 filings (2.98/100 renter HHs)2014: 17 filings (3.62/100 renter HHs)2015: 19 filings (4.04/100 renter HHs)2016: 5 filings (1.19/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 80% over the past 8 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Villa Park. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Villa Park

What moves this score most is 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 about the same as 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.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 100% 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.

The tract is Hispanic or Latino and White and ranks around the 53rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

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 08031000905

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 08031000905?

Census tract 08031000905 in the Villa Park neighborhood scores 5.3/10 (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 08031000905?

Median gross rent is $2,067/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 08031000905?

18.0% of residents in tract 08031000905 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,958.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 08031000905?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 53th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 37th, minority 71th, housing 17th.
Q5

Is tract 08031000905 considered part of Villa Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 08031000905 fall within Villa Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 08031000905?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 172 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 08031000905 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.61% of renter households, peaking at 8.3% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 08031000905 compare to Denver overall?

Tract 08031000905 scores 5.3/10, lower 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 08031000905 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. 100% 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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