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Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally

Gold Hill Mesa Eviction Risk: Moderate , Colorado Springs

Tract 08041001301 · El Paso County, CO · pop 1,996 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

With a score of 5.4/10, tract 08041001301 in the Gold Hill Mesa area of Colorado Springs, CO reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 1,996. 26% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27% Stable renters 25% Owners 48%
Tract context
Occupied units1,079
Renter share52.1%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate13.7%
Median income$63,150

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 5 tracts In Gold Hill Mesa
High
Within parent city
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#39 of 116 tracts In Colorado Springs
Elevated
Within county
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#46 of 167 tracts In El Paso County
Elevated
Within state
65 th percentile
Rank, 65th percentileLowHigh
#515 of 1,447 tracts In Colorado
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Colorado Springs and the region

Centroid at 38.8484, -104.8633 · click any tract to drill in

Why Gold Hill Mesa scores 5.4

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
13.7% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$1,381 rent vs county FMR
2.8
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 Gold Hill Mesa compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Gold Hill Mesa risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.4This tracttract 0013014.3Colorado Springsparent city4.4Countyavg tract in county4.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 39

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)

  • 41Total filings over 2 yrs
  • 3.86%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.1%Peak (2017)
  • 27Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Gold Hill Mesa. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Gold Hill Mesa

What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.1/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.8/10. It sits 1.0 points above the El Paso County average of 4.4.

Average gross rent is $1,381, 16% below the Colorado Springs average. Court records carry 41 eviction filings across 2 observed years.

Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 3/10. The worst year on record was 2017, when 5.1% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 3.9% 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 4.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

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 08041001301

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 08041001301?

Census tract 08041001301 in the Gold Hill Mesa 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 08041001301?

Median gross rent is $1,381/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 08041001301?

13.7% of residents in tract 08041001301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,996.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 08041001301?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 59th, household 5th, minority 38th, housing 59th.
Q5

Is tract 08041001301 considered part of Gold Hill Mesa?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 08041001301 fall within Gold Hill Mesa (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 08041001301?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 41 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 08041001301 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.86% of renter households, peaking at 5.1% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 08041001301 compare to Colorado Springs overall?

Tract 08041001301 scores 5.4/10, 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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