Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #65,414 of 84,120 nationally
Desert Shores Eviction Risk: Lower , Las Vegas
Tract 32003003246 · Clark, NV · pop 4,134 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
Census tract 32003003246 covers part of the Desert Shores area of Las Vegas, NV, and scores 3.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,134 residents. Severe burden reaches 36%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units1,669
Renter share36.4%
SVI overall0.50
Poverty rate4.5%
Median income$79,964
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
31
th percentile
Low
Within county
22
th percentile
Low
Within state
24
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Las Vegas and the region
Centroid at 36.2222, -115.2697 · click any tract to drill in
Why Desert Shores scores 3.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Las Vegas
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.5
State political climate
Nevada legislature & governorship
3.7
Economic stress
4.5% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,771 rent vs county FMR
5.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Las Vegas
2.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Las Vegas
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Las Vegas
3.5
How Desert Shores compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 50
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 66%Socioeconomic
- 61%Household composition
- 70%Racial/ethnic minority
- 14%Housing & transportation
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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 272Total filings 2020-21
- 3.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.78×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Las Vegas, NV as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Desert Shores. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 14.1%Housing insecurity
- 8.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.3%Food insecurity
- 12.8%SNAP enrollment
- 8.9%Transit barriers
- 11.9%No health insurance
- 18.6%Frequent mental distress
- 32.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Desert Shores
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.9/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.1/10.
Against the Clark County average of 4.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.6 points. 59% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Clark County average of 50.7%. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10.
Average gross rent is $1,771, 13% above the Las Vegas average. Nationally it ranks #65,414 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.5/10.
Statewide the NV average is 4.5, so this tract runs 1.4 points cooler. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.
Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $79,964.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 32003003246
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 32003003246?
Census tract 32003003246 in the Desert Shores neighborhood scores 3.1/10 (Lower 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 32003003246?
Median gross rent is $1,771/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 32003003246?
4.5% of residents in tract 32003003246 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,134.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 32003003246?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 50th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 66th, household 61th, minority 70th, housing 14th.
Q5
Is tract 32003003246 considered part of Desert Shores?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 32003003246 fall within Desert Shores (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 32003003246 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.78× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Las Vegas eviction risk, NV), 2020-2021.
Q7
What share of households in tract 32003003246 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.1% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 8.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 32003003246 compare to Las Vegas overall?
Tract 32003003246 scores 3.1/10, lower than the parent city of Las Vegas at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Las Vegas eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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