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Neighborhood · Ranked #12,919 of 84,120 nationally

Whittier Eviction Risk: Elevated , Denver

Tract 08031002300 · Denver County, CO · pop 4,548 · neighborhood within 0.0 mi

08031002300 is a census tract in the Whittier area of Denver, CO. It scores 7/10 for landlords. Cost burden runs 27% here against 45.4% across Denver County.

Risk score
7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12% Stable renters 33% Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units2,133
Renter share44.7%
SVI overall0.20
Poverty rate17.6%
Median income$111,635

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Whittier
Moderate
Within parent city
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#72 of 178 tracts In Denver
Elevated
Within county
61 th percentile
Rank, 61st percentileLowHigh
#70 of 178 tracts In Denver County
Elevated
Within state
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#138 of 1,447 tracts In Colorado
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Denver and the region

Centroid at 39.7564, -104.9666 · click any tract to drill in

Why Whittier scores 7

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
17.6% poverty · this tract
4.4
Supply constraint
$1,239 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Whittier compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Whittier risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.0This tracttract 0023006.8Denverparent city6.7Countyavg tract in county4.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 20

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)

  • 292Total filings over 8 yrs
  • 4.01%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.9%Peak (2011)
  • 35Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 08031002300
Filings climbed 35% over the past 8 months.
Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Whittier

What pushes it up most is local political climate at 9/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10. At $1,239 a month, rents run 32% under what the rest of Denver commands.

On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 8.5/10. Court records carry 292 eviction filings across 8 observed years. Filings peaked in 2011 at 4.9% of renter households.

This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") 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 4.0% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #12,919 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 2.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $111,635, annual rent is just 13%. Statewide the CO average is 4.9, so this tract runs 2.1 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 08031002300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 08031002300?

Census tract 08031002300 in the Whittier neighborhood scores 7/10 (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 08031002300?

Median gross rent is $1,239/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 08031002300?

17.6% of residents in tract 08031002300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,548.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 08031002300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 20th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 26th, household 6th, minority 58th, housing 38th.
Q5

Is tract 08031002300 considered part of Whittier?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 08031002300 fall within Whittier (neighborhood centroid within 0.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 08031002300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 292 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 08031002300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.01% of renter households, peaking at 4.9% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 08031002300 compare to Denver overall?

Tract 08031002300 scores 7/10, 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 08031002300 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. 73% 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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