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Neighborhood · Ranked #31,159 of 84,120 nationally

Central City Eviction Risk: Moderate , Salt Lake City

Tract 49035102100 · Salt Lake, UT · pop 2,227 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

In the Central City area of Salt Lake City, census tract 49035102100 scores $1/10 for eviction risk. It lands near the 37th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

36% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,448 a month while the average household earns $56,985 a year, roughly 30% of income at the averages. About 82% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29% Stable renters 52% Owners 19%
Tract context
Occupied units1,523
Renter share81.5%
SVI overall0.67
Poverty rate23.0%
Median income$56,985

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 4 tracts In Central City
Very Low
Within parent city
82 th percentile
Rank, 82nd percentileLowHigh
#11 of 55 tracts In Salt Lake City
High
Within county
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#11 of 251 tracts In Salt Lake
Very High
Within state
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#54 of 716 tracts In Utah
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Salt Lake City and the region

Centroid at 40.7650, -111.8825 · click any tract to drill in

Why Central City scores 4.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Salt Lake City
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Utah legislature & governorship
1.9
Economic stress
23.0% poverty · this tract
5.8
Supply constraint
$1,448 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Salt Lake City
3.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Salt Lake City
6.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Salt Lake City
5.0

How Central City compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Central City risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.64.6This tracttract 102100Salt Lake City: 2.92.9Salt Lake Cityparent cityCounty: 2.52.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 2.62.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 67

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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)

  • 238Total filings over 9 yrs
  • 2.91%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.4%Peak (2008)
  • 24Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2008 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 490351021002008: 35 filings (4.43/100 renter HHs)2009: 28 filings (3.54/100 renter HHs)2010: 25 filings (2.82/100 renter HHs)2011: 30 filings (3.11/100 renter HHs)2012: 24 filings (2.49/100 renter HHs)2013: 23 filings (2.39/100 renter HHs)2014: 23 filings (2.39/100 renter HHs)2015: 26 filings (2.70/100 renter HHs)2016: 24 filings (2.36/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 31% over the past 9 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Central City. 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 Central City

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Salt Lake City eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Salt Lake County average of 4.4 and above the Utah statewide average of 4.0. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 11.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 238 eviction filings here over 9 tracked years, with about 2.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.4% of renter households in 2008.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 49035102100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 49035102100?

Census tract 49035102100 in the Central City neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (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 49035102100?

Median gross rent is $1,448/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 49035102100?

23.0% of residents in tract 49035102100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,227.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 49035102100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 15th, minority 58th, housing 94th.
Q5

Is tract 49035102100 considered part of Central City?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 49035102100 fall within Central City (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 49035102100?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 238 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 49035102100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.91% of renter households, peaking at 4.4% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 49035102100 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.3% 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. 7.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 49035102100 compare to Salt Lake City overall?

Tract 49035102100 scores 4.6/10, higher than the parent city of Salt Lake City at 2.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Salt Lake City eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9

Was tract 49035102100 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 99% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Salt Lake City

Top eight tracts in Salt Lake City ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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