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Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Ridgecrest Eviction Risk: Lower , Sparks

Tract 32031003512 · Washoe, NV · pop 5,161 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Census tract 32031003512 covers part of the Ridgecrest area of Sparks, NV, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,161 residents. The voucher gap is 39.7%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6% Stable renters 5% Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units1,816
Renter share11.1%
SVI overall0.12
Poverty rate6.1%
Median income$138,718

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Ridgecrest
Moderate
Within parent city
8 th percentile
Rank, 8th percentileLowHigh
#24 of 26 tracts In Sparks
Very Low
Within county
28 th percentile
Rank, 28th percentileLowHigh
#101 of 139 tracts In Washoe
Low
Within state
22 th percentile
Rank, 22nd percentileLowHigh
#608 of 779 tracts In Nevada
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Sparks and the region

Centroid at 39.5950, -119.6948 · click any tract to drill in

Why Ridgecrest scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Sparks
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.2
State political climate
Nevada legislature & governorship
3.7
Economic stress
6.1% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$2,405 rent vs county FMR
9.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Sparks
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Sparks
2.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Sparks
3.0

How Ridgecrest compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Ridgecrest risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.03.0This tracttract 003512Sparks: 4.04.0Sparksparent cityCounty: 4.14.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.54.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 12

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)

  • 18Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 133.06%Avg annual filing rate
  • 133.1%Peak (2001)
  • 18Filings in 2001 (latest validated)
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Ridgecrest

At $2,405 a month, rents run 40% over what the rest of Sparks commands. The severe-burden share is 29%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

The dominant input is supply constraint at 9/10. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.

Running cool, economic stress reads 1.5/10. 52% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Washoe County average of 44.0%.

It sits 1.1 points below the Washoe County average of 4.1. The filing record is not thin: 18 evictions over 1 years of observation.

Food insecurity runs 9.5% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 7.0% against 15.2% nationally. Filings peaked in 2001 at 133.1% of renter households.

In a typical year about 133.1% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

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 32031003512

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 32031003512?

Census tract 32031003512 in the Ridgecrest neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 32031003512?

Median gross rent is $2,405/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 32031003512?

6.1% of residents in tract 32031003512 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,161.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 32031003512?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 12th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 63th, minority 53th, housing 9th.
Q5

Is tract 32031003512 considered part of Ridgecrest?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 32031003512 fall within Ridgecrest (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 32031003512?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 18 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 32031003512 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 133.06% of renter households, peaking at 133.1% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 32031003512 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.1% 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. 5.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 32031003512 compare to Sparks overall?

Tract 32031003512 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Sparks at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sparks eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Sparks

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

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