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Neighborhood · Ranked #23,808 of 84,120 nationally

Los Candelarias Eviction Risk: Moderate , Albuquerque

Tract 35001003202 · Bernalillo County, NM · pop 4,782 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

Tract 35001003202 sits in the Los Candelarias area of Albuquerque eviction risk, NM, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.5/10. Population here is 4,782. Severe burden reaches 36%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24% Stable renters 26% Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units2,300
Renter share49.9%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate22.8%
Median income$58,175

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Los Candelarias
Very Low
Within parent city
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#42 of 149 tracts In Albuquerque
Elevated
Within county
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#42 of 176 tracts In Bernalillo County
High
Within state
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#89 of 612 tracts In New Mexico
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Albuquerque and the region

Centroid at 35.1250, -106.6445 · click any tract to drill in

Why Los Candelarias scores 5.5

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
22.8% poverty · this tract
5.7
Supply constraint
$998 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 Los Candelarias compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Los Candelarias risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.5This tracttract 0032024.3Albuquerqueparent city4.3Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 84

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)

  • 904Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 7.55%Avg annual filing rate
  • 11.2%Peak (2000)
  • 52Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2014
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 35001003202
Filings dropped 41% over the past 15 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 263Total filings 2020-21
  • 3.4Avg monthly (observed)
  • 5.1Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.66×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 Los Candelarias. 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 Los Candelarias

The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.8/10. The poverty rate is 23%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Running cool, supply constraint reads 2.5/10. Against the Bernalillo County average of 4.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points.

The filing record is not thin: 904 evictions over 15 years of observation. Running hot, local political climate reads 7/10.

At $998 a month, rents run 13% under what the rest of Albuquerque commands. Adults with no health insurance runs 18.4% against 11.3% nationally.

Filings peaked in 2000 at 11.2% of renter households. In a typical year about 7.6% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #23,808 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the NM average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.3 points hotter.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 35001003202

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 35001003202?

Census tract 35001003202 in the Los Candelarias neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (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 35001003202?

Median gross rent is $998/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 35001003202?

22.8% of residents in tract 35001003202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,782.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 35001003202?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 70th, minority 76th, housing 72th.
Q5

Is tract 35001003202 considered part of Los Candelarias?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 35001003202 fall within Los Candelarias (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 35001003202?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 904 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 35001003202 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.55% of renter households, peaking at 11.2% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 35001003202 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.66× 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 35001003202 struggle to pay rent?

About 19.0% 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. 12.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9

How does tract 35001003202 compare to Albuquerque overall?

Tract 35001003202 scores 5.5/10, 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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