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Neighborhood · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally

Sugar House Eviction Risk: Lower , Salt Lake City

Tract 49035104700 · Salt Lake, UT · pop 5,478 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

The Moderate-tier score of $1/10 for census tract 49035104700 reflects conditions in the Sugar House neighborhood of Salt Lake City, Utah. It lands near the 37th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 52% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,592 monthly, set against $106,864 in average yearly household income, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 24% of occupied homes.

Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12% Stable renters 11% Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units2,126
Renter share23.8%
SVI overall0.10
Poverty rate8.7%
Median income$106,864

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#3 of 4 tracts In Sugar House
Low
Within parent city
24 th percentile
Rank, 24th percentileLowHigh
#42 of 55 tracts In Salt Lake City
Low
Within county
68 th percentile
Rank, 68th percentileLowHigh
#82 of 251 tracts In Salt Lake
Elevated
Within state
66 th percentile
Rank, 66th percentileLowHigh
#248 of 716 tracts In Utah
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Salt Lake City and the region

Centroid at 40.7158, -111.8483 · click any tract to drill in

Why Sugar House scores 2.8

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
8.7% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$1,592 rent vs county FMR
4.1
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 Sugar House compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Sugar House risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 2.82.8This tracttract 104700Salt 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: 10

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. 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)

  • 72Total filings over 9 yrs
  • 1.27%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.2%Peak (2011)
  • 3Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2008 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 490351047002008: 8 filings (1.23/100 renter HHs)2009: 12 filings (1.84/100 renter HHs)2010: 12 filings (1.83/100 renter HHs)2011: 13 filings (2.16/100 renter HHs)2012: 11 filings (1.83/100 renter HHs)2013: 2 filings (0.33/100 renter HHs)2014: 4 filings (0.66/100 renter HHs)2015: 7 filings (1.16/100 renter HHs)2016: 3 filings (0.37/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 63% over the past 9 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Sugar House. 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 Sugar House

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.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 72 eviction filings here over 9 tracked years, with about 1.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 2.2% of renter households in 2011.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 49035104700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 49035104700?

Census tract 49035104700 in the Sugar House neighborhood scores 2.8/10 (Lower 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 49035104700?

Median gross rent is $1,592/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 49035104700?

8.7% of residents in tract 49035104700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,478.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 49035104700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 24th, household 13th, minority 40th, housing 8th.
Q5

Is tract 49035104700 considered part of Sugar House?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 49035104700 fall within Sugar House (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 49035104700?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 72 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 49035104700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.27% of renter households, peaking at 2.2% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 49035104700 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.7% 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. 5.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 49035104700 compare to Salt Lake City overall?

Tract 49035104700 scores 2.8/10, right in line with 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 49035104700 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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.
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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