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Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Western Hills Eviction Risk: Lower , West Jordan

Tract 49035112913 · Salt Lake, UT · pop 5,256 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

With a score of 3/10, tract 49035112913 in the Western Hills area of West Jordan, UT reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,256. 68% 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
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6% Stable renters 2% Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units1,499
Renter share8.1%
SVI overall0.26
Poverty rate1.6%
Median income$106,875

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Western Hills
Very Low
Within parent city
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#17 of 25 tracts In West Jordan
Low
Within county
12 th percentile
Rank, 12th percentileLowHigh
#221 of 251 tracts In Salt Lake
Very Low
Within state
41 th percentile
Rank, 41st percentileLowHigh
#425 of 716 tracts In Utah
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across West Jordan and the region

Centroid at 40.6167, -111.9578 · click any tract to drill in

Why Western Hills scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from West Jordan
3.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Utah legislature & governorship
1.9
Economic stress
1.6% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,650 rent vs county FMR
4.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from West Jordan
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from West Jordan
2.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from West Jordan
2.5

How Western Hills compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Western Hills risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 1129133.2West Jordanparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county3.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 26

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)

  • 73Total filings over 9 yrs
  • 4.87%Avg annual filing rate
  • 7.1%Peak (2010)
  • 5Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2008 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 49035112913
Filings dropped 38% over the past 9 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Western Hills. 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 Western Hills

Cost burden runs 79% here against 42.4% across Salt Lake County. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1/10.

On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.9/10. SNAP participation runs 5.5% against 15.2% nationally.

Court records carry 73 eviction filings across 9 observed years. Against the Salt Lake County average of 3.8, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points. The worst year on record was 2010, when 7.1% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 4.9% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 8% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 2%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 49035112913

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 49035112913?

Census tract 49035112913 in the Western Hills neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 49035112913?

Median gross rent is $1,650/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 79% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 49035112913?

1.6% of residents in tract 49035112913 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,256.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 49035112913?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 26th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 37th, household 54th, minority 54th, housing 8th.
Q5

Is tract 49035112913 considered part of Western Hills?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 49035112913 fall within Western Hills (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 49035112913?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 73 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 49035112913 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.87% of renter households, peaking at 7.1% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 49035112913 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.3% 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. 6.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 49035112913 compare to West Jordan overall?

Tract 49035112913 scores 3/10, right in line with the parent city of West Jordan at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from West Jordan eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in West Jordan

Top eight tracts in West Jordan ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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