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Cottonwood Ridge Eviction Risk: Lower , Cottonwood Heights

Tract 49035111002 · Salt Lake, UT · pop 5,448 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Census tract 49035111002 sits in the Cottonwood Ridge neighborhood of Cottonwood Heights eviction risk, Utah eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 3.9/10. It lands near the 10th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 23% of renter households, a moderate level, and 11% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,677 a month against an average household income of $111,875 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 38% of occupied homes.

Risk score
1.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9% Stable renters 29% Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units2,071
Renter share37.9%
SVI overall0.22
Poverty rate6.2%
Median income$111,875

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Cottonwood Ridge
Moderate
Within parent city
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#3 of 8 tracts In Cottonwood Heights
Elevated
Within county
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#168 of 251 tracts In Salt Lake
Low
Within state
29 th percentile
Rank, 29th percentileLowHigh
#506 of 716 tracts In Utah
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Cottonwood Heights and the region

Centroid at 40.6287, -111.8144 · click any tract to drill in

Why Cottonwood Ridge scores 1.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Cottonwood Heights
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Utah legislature & governorship
1.9
Economic stress
6.2% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,677 rent vs county FMR
4.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Cottonwood Heights
3.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Cottonwood Heights
6.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Cottonwood Heights
4.0

How Cottonwood Ridge compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Cottonwood Ridge risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 1.71.7This tracttract 111002Cottonwood Heights: 2.12.1Cottonwood Heightsparent cityCounty: 2.52.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 2.62.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 22

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)

  • 96Total filings over 9 yrs
  • 1.44%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.1%Peak (2011)
  • 6Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2008 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 490351110022008: 14 filings (1.81/100 renter HHs)2009: 10 filings (1.29/100 renter HHs)2010: 8 filings (1.00/100 renter HHs)2011: 15 filings (2.10/100 renter HHs)2012: 14 filings (1.96/100 renter HHs)2013: 8 filings (1.12/100 renter HHs)2014: 12 filings (1.68/100 renter HHs)2015: 9 filings (1.26/100 renter HHs)2016: 6 filings (0.70/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 57% over the past 9 months.
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 Cottonwood Ridge

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 6.3/10. 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 Cottonwood Heights eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Salt Lake County average of 4.4 and in line with the Utah statewide average of 4.0. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 22nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

In CDC survey modeling, about 7.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.

Frequently asked

About tract 49035111002

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 49035111002?

Census tract 49035111002 in the Cottonwood Ridge neighborhood scores 1.7/10 (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 49035111002?

Median gross rent is $1,677/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 23% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 49035111002?

6.2% of residents in tract 49035111002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,448.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 49035111002?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 22th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 22th, household 16th, minority 25th, housing 46th.
Q5

Is tract 49035111002 considered part of Cottonwood Ridge?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 49035111002 fall within Cottonwood Ridge (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 49035111002?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 96 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 49035111002 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.44% of renter households, peaking at 2.1% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 49035111002 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.0% 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. 4.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 49035111002 compare to Cottonwood Heights overall?

Tract 49035111002 scores 1.7/10, lower than the parent city of Cottonwood Heights at 2.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Cottonwood Heights eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Cottonwood Heights

Top eight tracts in Cottonwood Heights ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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