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Westwood Eviction Risk: High , Denver

Tract 08031004505 · Denver County, CO · pop 4,570 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Tract 08031004505 sits in the Westwood area of Denver eviction risk, CO, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8.2/10. Population here is 4,570. Adults with no health insurance runs 40.8% against 11.3% nationally.

Risk score
8.2
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32% Stable renters 22% Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units1,290
Renter share53.3%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate33.6%
Median income$39,931

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Westwood
Very Low
Within parent city
89 th percentile
Rank, 89th percentileLowHigh
#21 of 178 tracts In Denver
High
Within county
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 178 tracts In Denver County
Very High
Within state
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#15 of 1,447 tracts In Colorado
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Denver and the region

Centroid at 39.7076, -105.0324 · click any tract to drill in

Why Westwood scores 8.2

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
33.6% poverty · this tract
8.4
Supply constraint
$1,227 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 Westwood compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Westwood risk score vs. parent city / county / state8.2This tracttract 0045056.8Denverparent city6.7Countyavg tract in county4.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 93

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)

  • 293Total filings over 8 yrs
  • 4.99%Avg annual filing rate
  • 8.5%Peak (2009)
  • 26Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 08031004505
Filings dropped 55% over the past 8 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Westwood. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Westwood

Cost burden runs 59% here against 45.4% across Denver County. The score leans hardest on local political climate at 9/10.

Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1/10. 24% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

At $1,227 a month, rents run 33% under what the rest of Denver commands. Set annual rent against average income of $39,931 and the ratio lands at 37%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.

The poverty rate is 34%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Sitting well above the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 8.5/10.

Against the Denver County average of 6.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points. Disability prevalence runs 44.1% against 31.5% nationally.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 293 filings here across 8 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2009, when 8.5% of renter households were served.

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 08031004505

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 08031004505?

Census tract 08031004505 in the Westwood neighborhood scores 8.2/10 (High 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 08031004505?

Median gross rent is $1,227/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 08031004505?

33.6% of residents in tract 08031004505 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,570.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 08031004505?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 87th, minority 90th, housing 75th.
Q5

Is tract 08031004505 considered part of Westwood?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 08031004505 fall within Westwood (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 08031004505?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 293 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 08031004505 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.99% of renter households, peaking at 8.5% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 08031004505 compare to Denver overall?

Tract 08031004505 scores 8.2/10, 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.
Q8

Was tract 08031004505 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. 4% 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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