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Neighborhood · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally

Candlelight Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Albuquerque

Tract 35001000110 · Bernalillo County, NM · pop 3,811 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

With a score of 4.6/10, tract 35001000110 in the Candlelight Park area of Albuquerque, NM reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,811. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.8/10.

Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31% Stable renters 24% Owners 45%
Tract context
Occupied units2,000
Renter share55.7%
SVI overall0.55
Poverty rate14.1%
Median income$55,417

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 4 tracts In Candlelight Park
Elevated
Within parent city
57 th percentile
Rank, 57th percentileLowHigh
#65 of 149 tracts In Albuquerque
Elevated
Within county
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#65 of 176 tracts In Bernalillo County
Elevated
Within state
66 th percentile
Rank, 66th percentileLowHigh
#210 of 612 tracts In New Mexico
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Albuquerque and the region

Centroid at 35.1199, -106.5245 · click any tract to drill in

Why Candlelight Park scores 4.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Albuquerque
7.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
New Mexico legislature & governorship
3.9
Economic stress
14.1% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$992 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Albuquerque
4.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Albuquerque
5.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Albuquerque
5.0

How Candlelight Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Candlelight Park risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.6This tracttract 0001104.3Albuquerqueparent city4.3Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 55

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)

  • 1,709Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 13.53%Avg annual filing rate
  • 22.9%Peak (2011)
  • 167Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2014
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 35001000110
Filings climbed 104% over the past 15 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 571Total filings 2020-21
  • 7.4Avg monthly (observed)
  • 5.7Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.30×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Albuquerque, NM as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Candlelight Park. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Candlelight Park

56% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Bernalillo County average of 43.9%. Severe burden reaches 23%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.5/10.

The filing record is not thin: 1,709 evictions over 15 years of observation. On the high side, local political climate reads 7/10.

At $992 a month, rents run 13% under what the rest of Albuquerque commands. The worst year on record was 2011, when 22.9% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 13.5% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #39,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6/10. It tracks the Bernalillo County average of 4.3 closely. Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $55,417.

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 35001000110

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 35001000110?

Census tract 35001000110 in the Candlelight Park neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (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 35001000110?

Median gross rent is $992/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 35001000110?

14.1% of residents in tract 35001000110 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,811.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 35001000110?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 59th, household 63th, minority 61th, housing 34th.
Q5

Is tract 35001000110 considered part of Candlelight Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 35001000110 fall within Candlelight Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 35001000110?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,709 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 35001000110 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.53% of renter households, peaking at 22.9% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 35001000110 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.30× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Albuquerque eviction risk, NM), 2020-2021.
Q8

What share of households in tract 35001000110 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.2% 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. 9.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9

How does tract 35001000110 compare to Albuquerque overall?

Tract 35001000110 scores 4.6/10, higher than the parent city of Albuquerque at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Albuquerque eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Albuquerque

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

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