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Mar Lee Eviction Risk: High , Denver

Tract 08031004602 · Denver County, CO · pop 7,534 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

08031004602 is a census tract in the Mar Lee area of Denver, CO. It scores 8.2/10 for landlords. Population here is 7,534. 61% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Denver County average of 45.4%.

Risk score
8.2
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32% Stable renters 21% Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units2,244
Renter share53.0%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate24.9%
Median income$59,596

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Mar Lee
Very High
Within parent city
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 178 tracts In Denver
Very High
Within county
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#4 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 39.6903, -105.0327 · click any tract to drill in

Why Mar Lee 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
24.9% poverty · this tract
6.2
Supply constraint
$1,367 rent vs county FMR
1.4
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 Mar Lee compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Mar Lee risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 8.28.2This tracttract 004602Denver: 6.86.8Denverparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.94.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 87

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

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)

  • 798Total filings over 8 yrs
  • 8.07%Avg annual filing rate
  • 9.5%Peak (2011)
  • 59Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 080310046022009: 89 filings (9.97/100 renter HHs)2010: 116 filings (10.77/100 renter HHs)2011: 128 filings (9.50/100 renter HHs)2012: 120 filings (8.90/100 renter HHs)2013: 103 filings (7.64/100 renter HHs)2014: 98 filings (7.27/100 renter HHs)2015: 85 filings (6.31/100 renter HHs)2016: 59 filings (4.18/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 34% over the past 8 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Mar Lee. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Mar Lee

The score leans hardest on local political climate at 9/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 30.7% against 11.3% nationally. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.4/10.

Running hot, eviction-process difficulty reads 8.5/10. At $1,367 a month, rents run 25% under what the rest of Denver commands. Against the Denver County average of 6.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points.

The poverty rate is 25%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. The severe-burden share is 14%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Court records carry 798 eviction filings across 8 observed years. The worst year on record was 2011, when 9.5% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 8.1% of renter households face a filing.

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 08031004602

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 08031004602?

Census tract 08031004602 in the Mar Lee 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 08031004602?

Median gross rent is $1,367/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 08031004602?

24.9% of residents in tract 08031004602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,534.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 08031004602?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 77th, minority 83th, housing 76th.
Q5

Is tract 08031004602 considered part of Mar Lee?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 08031004602 fall within Mar Lee (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 08031004602?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 798 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 08031004602 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.07% of renter households, peaking at 9.5% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 08031004602 compare to Denver overall?

Tract 08031004602 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Denver

Top eight tracts in Denver ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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