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Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally

Arenal Eviction Risk: Moderate , Albuquerque

Tract 35001004401 · Bernalillo County, NM · pop 3,146 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

With a score of 5.4/10, tract 35001004401 in the Arenal area of South Valley, NM reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,146. 40% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11% Stable renters 8% Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units996
Renter share18.9%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate24.8%
Median income$51,833

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 5 tracts In Arenal
High
Within parent city
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 10 tracts In Albuquerque
High
Within county
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#44 of 176 tracts In Bernalillo County
High
Within state
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#97 of 612 tracts In New Mexico
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Albuquerque and the region

Centroid at 35.0595, -106.6972 · click any tract to drill in

Why Arenal scores 5.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Albuquerque
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
New Mexico legislature & governorship
3.9
Economic stress
24.8% poverty · this tract
6.2
Supply constraint
$1,000 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Albuquerque
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Albuquerque
5.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Albuquerque
7.1

How Arenal compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Arenal risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.4This tracttract 0044014.3Albuquerqueparent city4.3Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 79

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)

  • 128Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 3.61%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.0%Peak (2001)
  • 13Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2014
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 35001004401
Filings climbed 86% over the past 15 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 75Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.0Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.7Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.50×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Arenal. 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 Arenal

Against Bernalillo County at 43.9%, 59% of renters here are cost-burdened. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.8/10.

The poverty rate is 25%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Housing insecurity runs 26.5% against 14.2% nationally.

SNAP participation runs 27.2% against 15.2% nationally. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.5/10.

Against the Bernalillo County average of 4.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. Court records carry 128 eviction filings across 15 observed years.

On the high side, housing-court posture reads 7.1/10. The worst year on record was 2001, when 5.0% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 3.6% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 35001004401

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 35001004401?

Census tract 35001004401 in the Arenal neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (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 35001004401?

Median gross rent is $1,000/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 35001004401?

24.8% of residents in tract 35001004401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,146.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 35001004401?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 92th, minority 91th, housing 36th.
Q5

Is tract 35001004401 considered part of Arenal?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 35001004401 fall within Arenal (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 35001004401?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 128 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 35001004401 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.61% of renter households, peaking at 5.0% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 35001004401 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.50× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Albuquerque eviction risk, NM), 2020-2021.
Q8

What share of households in tract 35001004401 struggle to pay rent?

About 26.5% 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. 16.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9

How does tract 35001004401 compare to Albuquerque overall?

Tract 35001004401 scores 5.4/10, 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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