Within neighborhood
14
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
South Park Hill Eviction Risk: Moderate , Denver
Tract 08031004302 · Denver County, CO · pop 3,002 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
08031004302 is a census tract in the South Park Hill area of Denver, CO. It scores 5.4/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,002 residents. Against Denver County at 45.4%, 25% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units1,248
Renter share26.0%
SVI overall0.08
Poverty rate3.9%
Median income$122,717
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
3
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
17
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
65
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Denver and the region
Centroid at 39.7329, -104.9264 · click any tract to drill in
Why South Park Hill scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
3.9% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,348 rent vs county FMR
1.3
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 South Park Hill compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 8
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 4%Socioeconomic
- 26%Household composition
- 46%Racial/ethnic minority
- 15%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 52%Grade A
- 10%Grade B
- 0%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.
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)
- 49Total filings over 8 yrs
- 1.70%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.2%Peak (2009)
- 2Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 80% over the past 8 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within South Park Hill. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in South Park Hill
What pushes it up most is local political climate at 9/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1/10.
On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.3/10. At $1,348 a month, rents run 26% under what the rest of Denver commands.
It sits 1.3 points below the Denver County average of 6.7. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 49 filings here across 8 tracked years.
Severe burden reaches 9%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Filings peaked in 2009 at 3.2% of renter households.
This ground was mapped A ("Best") 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 1.7% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 70% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 1.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 08031004302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 08031004302?
Census tract 08031004302 in the South Park Hill neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (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 08031004302?
Median gross rent is $1,348/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 25% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 08031004302?
3.9% of residents in tract 08031004302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,002.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 08031004302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 8th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 26th, minority 46th, housing 15th.
Q5
Is tract 08031004302 considered part of South Park Hill?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 08031004302 fall within South Park Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 08031004302?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 49 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 08031004302 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.70% of renter households, peaking at 3.2% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 08031004302 compare to Denver overall?
Tract 08031004302 scores 5.4/10, 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.
Q8
Was tract 08031004302 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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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