Neighborhood · Ranked #16,032 of 84,120 nationally

Cheesman Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Denver

Tract 08031003204 · Denver County, CO · pop 2,174 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Census tract 08031003204 covers part of the Cheesman Park area of Denver, CO, and scores 6.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,174 residents. Cost burden runs 27% here against 45.4% across Denver County.

Risk score

6.4

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 22% Stable renters 61% Owners 17%

Tract context

Occupied units1,340

Renter share83.2%

SVI overall0.12

Poverty rate6.6%

Median income$91,364

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Denver and the region

Centroid at 39.7384, -104.9689 · click any tract to drill in

Why Cheesman Park scores 6.4

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

6.6% poverty · this tract

1.6

Supply constraint

$1,463 rent vs county FMR

1.8

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 Cheesman Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 12

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

48%Socioeconomic
1%Household composition
20%Racial/ethnic minority
33%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
0%Grade B
100%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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Cheesman Park. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Cheesman Park

The score leans hardest on local political climate at 9/10. This is renter territory: 83% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

Running hot, eviction-process difficulty reads 8.5/10. The severe-burden share is 19%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Disability prevalence runs 16.8% against 31.5% nationally. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.6/10. Average gross rent is $1,463, 20% below the Denver average.

In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. On the national scale it lands near the 81st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 2.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the CO average is 4.9, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 08031003204

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 08031003204?

Census tract 08031003204 in the Cheesman Park neighborhood scores 6.4/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 08031003204?

Median gross rent is $1,463/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 08031003204?

6.6% of residents in tract 08031003204 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,174.

How socially vulnerable is tract 08031003204?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 12th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 1th, minority 20th, housing 33th.

Is tract 08031003204 considered part of Cheesman Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 08031003204 fall within Cheesman Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).

How does tract 08031003204 compare to Denver overall?

Tract 08031003204 scores 6.4/10, 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.

Was tract 08031003204 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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