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Westgate Eviction Risk: Lower , West Valley City

Tract 49035113537 · Salt Lake, UT · pop 3,685 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

With a score of 3/10, tract 49035113537 in the Westgate area of West Valley City, UT reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,685 residents. Cost burden runs about one in five here against 42.4% across Salt Lake County.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5% Stable renters 22% Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units1,056
Renter share27.1%
SVI overall0.24
Poverty rate11.0%
Median income$113,844

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Westgate
Very Low
Within parent city
4 th percentile
Rank, 4th percentileLowHigh
#26 of 27 tracts In West Valley City
Very Low
Within county
36 th percentile
Rank, 36th percentileLowHigh
#160 of 251 tracts In Salt Lake
Low
Within state
41 th percentile
Rank, 41st percentileLowHigh
#425 of 716 tracts In Utah
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across West Valley City and the region

Centroid at 40.6748, -111.9723 · click any tract to drill in

Why Westgate scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from West Valley City
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Utah legislature & governorship
1.9
Economic stress
11.0% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,763 rent vs county FMR
5.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from West Valley City
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from West Valley City
3.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from West Valley City
3.0

How Westgate compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Westgate risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 1135373.2West Valley Cityparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county3.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 24

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)

  • 45Total filings over 9 yrs
  • 1.93%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.7%Peak (2013)
  • 3Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2008 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 49035113537
Filings dropped 50% over the past 9 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Westgate. 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 Westgate

The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.9/10.

Severe burden reaches 17%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. At $1,763 a month, rents run 17% over what the rest of West Valley City commands.

On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.8/10. Court records carry 45 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. SNAP participation runs 8.2% against 15.2% nationally.

The worst year on record was 2013, when 3.7% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 1.9% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.1/10. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.

Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $113,844.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 49035113537

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 49035113537?

Census tract 49035113537 in the Westgate 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 49035113537?

Median gross rent is $1,763/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 20% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 49035113537?

11.0% of residents in tract 49035113537 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,685.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 49035113537?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 24th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 31th, household 41th, minority 65th, housing 10th.
Q5

Is tract 49035113537 considered part of Westgate?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 49035113537 fall within Westgate (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 49035113537?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 45 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 49035113537 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.93% of renter households, peaking at 3.7% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 49035113537 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.2% 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. 8.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 49035113537 compare to West Valley City overall?

Tract 49035113537 scores 3/10, right in line with the parent city of West Valley City at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from West Valley City 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 Valley City

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

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