Candlelight Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Albuquerque
Tract 35001000120 · Bernalillo County, NM · pop 2,757 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
Census tract 35001000120 covers part of the Candlelight Park area of Albuquerque, NM, and scores 5.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,757. Against Bernalillo County at 43.9%, 74% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across Albuquerque and the region
Centroid at 35.1199, -106.5421 · click any tract to drill in
Why Candlelight Park scores 5.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow Candlelight Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 71
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 88%Socioeconomic
- 24%Household composition
- 75%Racial/ethnic minority
- 54%Housing & transportation
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)
- 599Total filings over 15 yrs
- 7.68%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.0%Peak (2005)
- 25Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 132Total filings 2020-21
- 1.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.57×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Albuquerque, NM as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Candlelight Park. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 15.4%Housing insecurity
- 11.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.1%Food insecurity
- 15.2%SNAP enrollment
- 10.3%Transit barriers
- 11.5%No health insurance
- 17.6%Frequent mental distress
- 30.6%Any disability
What drives eviction risk in Candlelight Park
28% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.8/10.
The poverty rate is 23%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. It sits 1.3 points above the Bernalillo County average of 4.3. Running hot, local political climate reads 7/10.
Court records carry 599 eviction filings across 15 observed years. The worst year on record was 2005, when 10.0% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 7.7% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 73rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Statewide the NM average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.
Average gross rent is $1,168, close to the Albuquerque average. Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $52,179.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
About tract 35001000120
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