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Neighborhood · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally

Old Town Eviction Risk: Moderate , Albuquerque

Tract 35001004800 · Bernalillo County, NM · pop 3,865 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

35001004800 is a census tract in the Old Town area of Albuquerque, NM. It scores 4.8/10 for landlords. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.8/10.

Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 26% Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units1,839
Renter share41.7%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate15.2%
Median income$52,058

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Old Town
Moderate
Within parent city
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#56 of 149 tracts In Albuquerque
Elevated
Within county
65 th percentile
Rank, 65th percentileLowHigh
#62 of 176 tracts In Bernalillo County
Elevated
Within state
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#178 of 612 tracts In New Mexico
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Albuquerque and the region

Centroid at 35.0998, -106.6736 · click any tract to drill in

Why Old Town scores 4.8

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
15.2% poverty · this tract
3.8
Supply constraint
$942 rent vs county FMR
2.1
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 Old Town compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Old Town risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.8This tracttract 0048004.3Albuquerqueparent city4.3Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 78

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

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 248Total filings 2020-21
  • 3.2Avg monthly (observed)
  • 3.9Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.82×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.

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 Old Town

25% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.1/10.

Cost burden runs 37% here against 43.9% across Bernalillo County. At $942 a month, rents run 18% under what the rest of Albuquerque commands. On the high side, local political climate reads 7/10.

On the national scale it lands near the 58th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Bernalillo County average of 4.3 closely.

Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $52,058. 42% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 35001004800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 35001004800?

Census tract 35001004800 in the Old Town neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (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 35001004800?

Median gross rent is $942/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 35001004800?

15.2% of residents in tract 35001004800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,865.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 35001004800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 67th, household 75th, minority 81th, housing 72th.
Q5

Is tract 35001004800 considered part of Old Town?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 35001004800 fall within Old Town (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 35001004800 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.82× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Albuquerque eviction risk, NM), 2020-2021.
Q7

What share of households in tract 35001004800 struggle to pay rent?

About 16.3% 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. 11.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 35001004800 compare to Albuquerque overall?

Tract 35001004800 scores 4.8/10, 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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