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Vista Encantada Eviction Risk: Moderate , Albuquerque

Tract 35001000203 · Bernalillo County, NM · pop 2,032 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

Tract 35001000203 sits in the Vista Encantada area of Albuquerque eviction risk, NM, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.3/10. It is home to 2,032 residents. Severe burden reaches 32%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 39% Stable renters 29% Owners 32%
Tract context
Occupied units1,017
Renter share68.0%
SVI overall0.68
Poverty rate20.0%
Median income$48,102

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 6 tracts In Vista Encantada
Very High
Within parent city
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#43 of 149 tracts In Albuquerque
Elevated
Within county
74 th percentile
Rank, 74th percentileLowHigh
#47 of 176 tracts In Bernalillo County
Elevated
Within state
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#121 of 612 tracts In New Mexico
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Albuquerque and the region

Centroid at 35.1278, -106.5778 · click any tract to drill in

Why Vista Encantada scores 5.3

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
20.0% poverty · this tract
5.0
Supply constraint
$1,039 rent vs county FMR
2.8
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 Vista Encantada compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Vista Encantada risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.3This tracttract 0002034.3Albuquerqueparent city4.3Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 68

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)

  • 1,653Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 20.07%Avg annual filing rate
  • 44.3%Peak (2000)
  • 124Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2014
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 35001000203
Filings dropped 50% over the past 15 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 381Total filings 2020-21
  • 5.0Avg monthly (observed)
  • 6.3Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.78×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Vista Encantada. 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 Vista Encantada

Cost burden runs 58% here against 43.9% across Bernalillo County. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.8/10.

68% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. The poverty rate is 20%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.8/10.

It sits 1.0 points above the Bernalillo County average of 4.3. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,653 filings here across 15 tracked years.

Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7/10. At $1,039 a month, rents run 9% under what the rest of Albuquerque commands.

Filings peaked in 2000 at 44.3% of renter households. In a typical year about 20.1% of renter households face a filing.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 35001000203

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 35001000203?

Census tract 35001000203 in the Vista Encantada neighborhood scores 5.3/10 (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 35001000203?

Median gross rent is $1,039/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 35001000203?

20.0% of residents in tract 35001000203 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,032.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 35001000203?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 68th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 18th, minority 70th, housing 74th.
Q5

Is tract 35001000203 considered part of Vista Encantada?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 35001000203 fall within Vista Encantada (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 35001000203?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,653 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 35001000203 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 20.07% of renter households, peaking at 44.3% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 35001000203 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.78× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Albuquerque eviction risk, NM), 2020-2021.
Q8

What share of households in tract 35001000203 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.9% 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. 9.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9

How does tract 35001000203 compare to Albuquerque overall?

Tract 35001000203 scores 5.3/10, 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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