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Neighborhood · Ranked #22,681 of 84,120 nationally

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.

Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30% Stable renters 11% Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units1,007
Renter share40.5%
SVI overall0.71
Poverty rate23.3%
Median income$52,179

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 4 tracts In Candlelight Park
Very High
Within parent city
74 th percentile
Rank, 74th percentileLowHigh
#40 of 149 tracts In Albuquerque
Elevated
Within county
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#40 of 176 tracts In Bernalillo County
High
Within state
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#80 of 612 tracts In New Mexico
High
Geographic context

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-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
23.3% poverty · this tract
5.8
Supply constraint
$1,168 rent vs county FMR
3.8
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 / state5.6This tracttract 0001204.3Albuquerqueparent city4.3Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 71

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)

  • 599Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 7.68%Avg annual filing rate
  • 10.0%Peak (2005)
  • 25Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2014
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 35001000120
Filings dropped 34% over the past 15 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 132Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.7Avg monthly (observed)
  • 3.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.57×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). 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

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.

Frequently asked

About tract 35001000120

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 35001000120?

Census tract 35001000120 in the Candlelight Park neighborhood scores 5.6/10 (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 35001000120?

Median gross rent is $1,168/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 74% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 35001000120?

23.3% of residents in tract 35001000120 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,757.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 35001000120?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 71th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 24th, minority 75th, housing 54th.
Q5

Is tract 35001000120 considered part of Candlelight Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 35001000120 fall within Candlelight Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 35001000120?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 599 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 35001000120 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.68% of renter households, peaking at 10.0% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 35001000120 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.57× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Albuquerque eviction risk, NM), 2020-2021.
Q8

What share of households in tract 35001000120 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.4% 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. 11.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9

How does tract 35001000120 compare to Albuquerque overall?

Tract 35001000120 scores 5.6/10, 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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