1 census tracts · pop 5,448 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10
· range 3–3
Cottonwood Ridge is a one-tract neighborhood of Cottonwood Heights, UT and houses 5,448 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 3/10, in the Lower tier. 23% of renters spend 30% or more of household income on rent.
The clearest offset is eviction-process difficulty, at 1.5/10. On the softer side is economic stress, at 1.5/10.
SNAP participation is 3.6% of households versus 15.2% nationally. Court records for this tract carry 96 eviction filings.
11% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. Food insecurity affects 8.4% of adults, 9.4 points below the national rate. The worst year on record was 2011, when filings touched 2.1% of renter households.
The most recent observed rate, 0.7% in 2016, is well off that peak. That places it #2 of 7 neighborhoods in Cottonwood Heights.
The closest comparables inside the same city are Top of the World and Enchanted Hills. Rent takes 18% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market.
Poverty sits at 6%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 3/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
3
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Cottonwood Ridge vs Cottonwood HeightsHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority25%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport46%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Cottonwood Ridge
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
96Total filings (sum)
1.44%Avg annual filing rate
2.1%Peak year (2011)
0.70%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Cottonwood Ridge
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
7.0%Housing insecurity
4.6%Utility shutoff threat
8.4%Food insecurity
3.6%SNAP enrollment
7.0%No health insurance
24.7%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Cottonwood Ridge
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Cottonwood Ridge?
Cottonwood Ridge scores 3/10 (Lower tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Cottonwood Ridge compare to Cottonwood Heights overall?
Cottonwood Ridge scores 0.4 points lower than Cottonwood Heights overall (3.4/10). Renters spend 23% of income on rent vs 25% citywide. Average rent: $1,677 vs $1,730.
Q3
What is the average rent in Cottonwood Ridge?
Average gross rent in Cottonwood Ridge is $1,677/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 23% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Cottonwood Ridge residents are renters?
38% of Cottonwood Ridge households are renter-occupied (vs 28% in Cottonwood Heights). The neighborhood has 5,448 residents.
Q5
Is Cottonwood Ridge a high social-vulnerability area?
Cottonwood Ridge sits in the 22nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Cottonwood Ridge for landlords?
Cottonwood Ridge carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Cottonwood Heights as a whole (3.4/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Cottonwood Ridge?
Cottonwood Ridge has 5,365 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (82.9%), Hispanic / Latino (8.9%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (4.2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
