Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
East Bench Eviction Risk: Moderate , Salt Lake City
Tract 49035104300 · Salt Lake, UT · pop 2,888 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
Census tract 49035104300 covers part of the East Bench area of Salt Lake City, UT, and scores 5.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. The severe-burden share is 23%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32%
Stable renters 32%
Owners 36%
Tract context
Occupied units1,234
Renter share64.8%
SVI overall0.28
Poverty rate13.3%
Median income$71,579
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
56
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
86
th percentile
High
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Salt Lake City and the region
Centroid at 40.7259, -111.8187 · click any tract to drill in
Why East Bench scores 5.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
13.3% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$1,655 rent vs county FMR
4.5
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 East Bench compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 28
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 50%Socioeconomic
- 3%Household composition
- 30%Racial/ethnic minority
- 49%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
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)
- 40Total filings over 9 yrs
- 0.73%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.3%Peak (2016)
- 9Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 200% over the past 9 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within East Bench. 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.
- 8.8%Housing insecurity
- 6.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.7%Food insecurity
- 4.9%SNAP enrollment
- 6.3%Transit barriers
- 7.9%No health insurance
- 17.8%Frequent mental distress
- 24.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in East Bench
The clearest offset is state political climate at 1.9/10. 50% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Salt Lake County average of 42.4%. Against the Salt Lake County average of 3.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points.
Running hot, local political climate reads 7.5/10. SNAP participation runs 4.9% against 15.2% nationally.
Average gross rent is $1,655, 17% above the Salt Lake City average. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 40 filings here across 9 tracked years. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 3/10.
Food insecurity runs 10.7% against 17.8% nationally. The worst year on record was 2016, when 1.3% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped A ("Best") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Salt Lake City. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
In a typical year about 0.7% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #31,049 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 49035104300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 49035104300?
Census tract 49035104300 in the East Bench neighborhood scores 5.1/10 (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 49035104300?
Median gross rent is $1,655/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 49035104300?
13.3% of residents in tract 49035104300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,888.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 49035104300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 50th, household 3th, minority 30th, housing 49th.
Q5
Is tract 49035104300 considered part of East Bench?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 49035104300 fall within East Bench (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 49035104300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 40 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 49035104300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.73% of renter households, peaking at 1.3% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 49035104300 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.8% 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. 6.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 49035104300 compare to Salt Lake City overall?
Tract 49035104300 scores 5.1/10, higher than the parent city of Salt Lake City at 4/10. 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 49035104300 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 0% 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.
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