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Neighborhood · Ranked #28,095 of 84,120 nationally

Knob Hill Eviction Risk: Moderate , Colorado Springs

Tract 08041000700 · El Paso County, CO · pop 3,506 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

Tract 08041000700 sits in the Knob Hill area of Colorado Springs eviction risk, CO, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.3/10. Population here is 3,506. Severe burden reaches 30%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 17% Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units1,455
Renter share37.6%
SVI overall0.66
Poverty rate9.9%
Median income$57,887

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Knob Hill
Very Low
Within parent city
66 th percentile
Rank, 66th percentileLowHigh
#40 of 116 tracts In Colorado Springs
Elevated
Within county
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#51 of 167 tracts In El Paso County
Elevated
Within state
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#577 of 1,447 tracts In Colorado
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Colorado Springs and the region

Centroid at 38.8550, -104.7855 · click any tract to drill in

Why Knob Hill scores 5.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Colorado Springs
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.5
State political climate
Colorado legislature & governorship
4.7
Economic stress
9.9% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,328 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Colorado Springs
3.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Colorado Springs
3.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Colorado Springs
3.5

How Knob Hill compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Knob Hill risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.3This tracttract 0007004.3Colorado Springsparent city4.4Countyavg tract in county4.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 66

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)

  • 133Total filings over 2 yrs
  • 9.04%Avg annual filing rate
  • 9.1%Peak (2017)
  • 67Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Knob Hill. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Knob Hill

The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.1/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 2.5/10. At $1,328 a month, rents run 19% under what the rest of Colorado Springs commands.

Cost burden runs 55% here against 49.4% across El Paso County. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.5/10. Court records carry 133 eviction filings across 2 observed years.

It sits 0.9 points above the El Paso County average of 4.4. The worst year on record was 2017, when 9.1% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 9.0% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 67% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 08041000700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 08041000700?

Census tract 08041000700 in the Knob Hill neighborhood scores 5.3/10 (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 08041000700?

Median gross rent is $1,328/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 08041000700?

9.9% of residents in tract 08041000700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,506.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 08041000700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 54th, minority 51th, housing 48th.
Q5

Is tract 08041000700 considered part of Knob Hill?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 08041000700 fall within Knob Hill (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 08041000700?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 133 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 08041000700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.04% of renter households, peaking at 9.1% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 08041000700 compare to Colorado Springs overall?

Tract 08041000700 scores 5.3/10, higher than the parent city of Colorado Springs at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Colorado Springs eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Colorado Springs

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

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