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Neighborhood · Ranked #14,316 of 84,120 nationally

Wellshire Eviction Risk: Moderate , Denver

Tract 08031004006 · Denver County, CO · pop 4,704 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Wellshire in Denver is where census tract 08031004006 sits, home to 4,704 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 7.1/10. On the national scale it ranks #3,505 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

About 72% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 56% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,662 a month while the average household earns $63,199 a year, roughly 32% of income at the averages. Renters make up 48% of occupied homes.

Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 35% Stable renters 13% Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units2,256
Renter share48.1%
SVI overall0.29
Poverty rate17.0%
Median income$63,199

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Wellshire
Very High
Within parent city
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#28 of 178 tracts In Denver
High
Within county
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#31 of 178 tracts In Denver County
High
Within state
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#76 of 1,447 tracts In Colorado
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Denver and the region

Centroid at 39.6730, -104.9500 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wellshire scores 5.8

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
17.0% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$1,662 rent vs county FMR
2.8
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 Wellshire compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Wellshire risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.85.8This tracttract 004006Denver: 5.75.7Denverparent cityCounty: 4.84.8Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.23.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 29

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

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.

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)

  • 136Total filings over 8 yrs
  • 1.91%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.7%Peak (2014)
  • 24Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 080310040062009: 18 filings (2.57/100 renter HHs)2010: 19 filings (2.22/100 renter HHs)2011: 10 filings (1.00/100 renter HHs)2012: 13 filings (1.30/100 renter HHs)2013: 14 filings (1.40/100 renter HHs)2014: 27 filings (2.70/100 renter HHs)2015: 11 filings (1.10/100 renter HHs)2016: 24 filings (3.00/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 33% over the past 8 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Wellshire. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Wellshire

The score leans hardest on 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 above 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.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 29th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

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 08031004006

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 08031004006?

Census tract 08031004006 in the Wellshire neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (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 08031004006?

Median gross rent is $1,662/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 72% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 08031004006?

17.0% of residents in tract 08031004006 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,704.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 08031004006?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 29th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 41th, household 4th, minority 36th, housing 61th.
Q5

Is tract 08031004006 considered part of Wellshire?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 08031004006 fall within Wellshire (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 08031004006?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 136 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 08031004006 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.91% of renter households, peaking at 2.7% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 08031004006 compare to Denver overall?

Tract 08031004006 scores 5.8/10, right in line with 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 08031004006 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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