Neighborhood · Ranked #12,481 of 84,120 nationally
Upper Downtown Eviction Risk: Elevated , Denver
Tract 08031001706 ·
Denver County, CO · pop 2,516 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
With a score of 7.1/10, tract 08031001706 in the Upper Downtown area of Denver, CO reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. This is renter territory: 93% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Risk score
7.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32%Stable renters 61%Owners 7%
Tract context
Occupied units1,811
Renter share93.3%
SVI overall0.56
Poverty rate17.7%
Median income$107,721
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Upper Downtown
Moderate
Within parent city
66th percentile
#62 of 178 tracts In Denver
Elevated
Within county
63th percentile
#67 of 178 tracts In Denver County
Elevated
Within state
92th percentile
#122 of 1,447 tracts In Colorado
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Denver and the region
Centroid at 39.7475, -104.9909 · click any tract to drill in
Why Upper Downtown scores 7.1
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
17.7% poverty · this tract
4.4
Supply constraint
$2,021 rent vs county FMR
4.4
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 Upper Downtown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 56
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
56%Socioeconomic
5%Household composition
56%Racial/ethnic minority
91%Housing & transportation
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Upper Downtown
The score leans hardest on local political climate at 9/10. 34% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Denver County average of 45.4%.
Sitting well above the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 8.5/10. On the high side, regional political climate reads 8.1/10. The severe-burden share is 10%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
At $2,021 a month, rents run 10% over what the rest of Denver commands. That is riskier than roughly 85% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Statewide the CO average is 4.9, so this tract runs 2.2 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
It tracks the Denver County average of 6.7 closely. Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $107,721.
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 08031001706
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 08031001706?
Census tract 08031001706 in the Upper Downtown neighborhood scores 7.1/10 (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 08031001706?
Median gross rent is $2,021/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 08031001706?
17.7% of residents in tract 08031001706 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,516.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 08031001706?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 5th, minority 56th, housing 91th.
Q5
Is tract 08031001706 considered part of Upper Downtown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 08031001706 fall within Upper Downtown (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How does tract 08031001706 compare to Denver overall?
Tract 08031001706 scores 7.1/10, higher 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.
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