Neighborhood · Ranked #12,481 of 84,120 nationally

Cheesman Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Denver

Tract 08031003205 · Denver County, CO · pop 3,180 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

With a score of 7.1/10, tract 08031003205 in the Cheesman Park area of Denver, CO reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,180 residents. 31% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Denver County average of 45.4%.

Risk score

7.1

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 20% Stable renters 45% Owners 35%

Tract context

Occupied units2,218

Renter share65.0%

SVI overall0.14

Poverty rate10.2%

Median income$78,929

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Denver and the region

Centroid at 39.7330, -104.9689 · click any tract to drill in

Why Cheesman Park 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

10.2% poverty · this tract

2.6

Supply constraint

$1,550 rent vs county FMR

2.2

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: 14

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

33%Socioeconomic
1%Household composition
16%Racial/ethnic minority
51%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
14%Grade B
38%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. On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 8.5/10.

This is renter territory: 65% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 8.1/10.

Severe burden reaches 11%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Average gross rent is $1,550, 15% 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.

That is riskier than roughly 85% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 2.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

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 24% of average household income of $78,929.

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 08031003205

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 08031003205?

Census tract 08031003205 in the Cheesman Park 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.

What is the average rent in tract 08031003205?

Median gross rent is $1,550/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 08031003205?

10.2% of residents in tract 08031003205 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,180.

How socially vulnerable is tract 08031003205?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 33th, household 1th, minority 16th, housing 51th.

Is tract 08031003205 considered part of Cheesman Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 08031003205 fall within Cheesman Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).

How does tract 08031003205 compare to Denver overall?

Tract 08031003205 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.

Was tract 08031003205 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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