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Neighborhood · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally

La Cuesta Eviction Risk: Moderate , Albuquerque

Tract 35001000713 · Bernalillo County, NM · pop 5,833 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

With a score of 5.7/10, tract 35001000713 in the La Cuesta area of Albuquerque, NM reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,833 residents. Severe burden reaches 27%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26% Stable renters 34% Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units2,666
Renter share60.2%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate32.2%
Median income$38,381

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 4 tracts In La Cuesta
Elevated
Within parent city
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#26 of 149 tracts In Albuquerque
High
Within county
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 176 tracts In Bernalillo County
Very High
Within state
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#25 of 612 tracts In New Mexico
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Albuquerque and the region

Centroid at 35.0640, -106.5064 · click any tract to drill in

Why La Cuesta scores 5.7

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
32.2% poverty · this tract
8.1
Supply constraint
$937 rent vs county FMR
2.0
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 La Cuesta compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
La Cuesta risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.7This tracttract 0007134.3Albuquerqueparent city4.3Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 89

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)

  • 6,765Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 30.94%Avg annual filing rate
  • 47.2%Peak (2000)
  • 470Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2014
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 35001000713
Filings dropped 25% over the past 15 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 1,535Total filings 2020-21
  • 19.9Avg monthly (observed)
  • 35.1Pre-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 La Cuesta. 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 La Cuesta

What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.8/10. The poverty rate is 32%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

SNAP participation runs 31.6% against 15.2% nationally. On the high side, economic stress reads 8.1/10.

It sits 1.4 points above the Bernalillo County average of 4.3. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2/10. Average gross rent is $937, 18% below the Albuquerque average.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 6,765 filings here across 15 tracked years. Adults with no health insurance runs 18.9% against 11.3% nationally.

Filings peaked in 2000 at 47.2% of renter households. In a typical year about 30.9% of renter households face a filing.

That is riskier than roughly 74% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

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 35001000713

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 35001000713?

Census tract 35001000713 in the La Cuesta neighborhood scores 5.7/10 (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 35001000713?

Median gross rent is $937/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 35001000713?

32.2% of residents in tract 35001000713 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,833.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 35001000713?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 91th, household 58th, minority 66th, housing 91th.
Q5

Is tract 35001000713 considered part of La Cuesta?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 35001000713 fall within La Cuesta (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 35001000713?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 6,765 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 35001000713 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 30.94% of renter households, peaking at 47.2% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 35001000713 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 35001000713 struggle to pay rent?

About 23.9% 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. 17.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9

How does tract 35001000713 compare to Albuquerque overall?

Tract 35001000713 scores 5.7/10, 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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