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Neighborhood · Ranked #14,906 of 84,120 nationally

Barnum West Eviction Risk: Elevated , Lakewood

Tract 08059011601 · Jefferson County, CO · pop 4,378 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

Census tract 08059011601 covers part of the Barnum West area of Lakewood, CO, and scores 6.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,378. The severe-burden share is 25%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
6.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26% Stable renters 26% Owners 48%
Tract context
Occupied units1,383
Renter share51.4%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate18.3%
Median income$70,299

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Barnum West
Very High
Within parent city
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#10 of 47 tracts In Lakewood
High
Within county
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#16 of 146 tracts In Jefferson County
High
Within state
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#179 of 1,447 tracts In Colorado
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Lakewood and the region

Centroid at 39.7208, -105.0668 · click any tract to drill in

Why Barnum West scores 6.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Lakewood
7.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Colorado legislature & governorship
4.7
Economic stress
18.3% poverty · this tract
4.6
Supply constraint
$1,572 rent vs county FMR
2.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lakewood
5.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lakewood
5.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lakewood
5.5

How Barnum West compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Barnum West risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.6This tracttract 0116015.2Lakewoodparent city4.8Countyavg 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.

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)

  • 65Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 9.91%Avg annual filing rate
  • 9.9%Peak (2010)
  • 65Filings in 2010 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Barnum West. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Barnum West

It sits 1.9 points above the Jefferson County average of 4.7. Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 2.3/10.

Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.5/10. The poverty rate is 18%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Adults with no health insurance runs 20.3% against 11.3% nationally.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 65 filings here across 1 tracked years. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7/10.

Average gross rent is $1,572, 13% below the Lakewood average. The worst year on record was 2010, when 9.9% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 9.9% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 82nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 9.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the CO average is 4.9, so this tract runs 1.7 points hotter.

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 08059011601

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 08059011601?

Census tract 08059011601 in the Barnum West neighborhood scores 6.6/10 (Elevated 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 08059011601?

Median gross rent is $1,572/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 08059011601?

18.3% of residents in tract 08059011601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,378.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 08059011601?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 91th, household 64th, minority 71th, housing 96th.
Q5

Is tract 08059011601 considered part of Barnum West?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 08059011601 fall within Barnum West (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 08059011601?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 65 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 08059011601 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.91% of renter households, peaking at 9.9% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 08059011601 compare to Lakewood overall?

Tract 08059011601 scores 6.6/10, higher than the parent city of Lakewood at 5.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lakewood eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Lakewood

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

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