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

Whisperwood Eviction Risk: Lower , Sandy

Tract 49035112613 · Salt Lake, UT · pop 5,061 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Census tract 49035112613 covers part of the Whisperwood area of Sandy, UT, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,061 residents. Against Salt Lake County at 42.4%, 14% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3% Stable renters 17% Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units1,698
Renter share20.3%
SVI overall0.13
Poverty rate4.7%
Median income$128,851

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Whisperwood
Moderate
Within parent city
10 th percentile
Rank, 10th percentileLowHigh
#20 of 22 tracts In Sandy
Very Low
Within county
9 th percentile
Rank, 9th percentileLowHigh
#228 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 Sandy and the region

Centroid at 40.5709, -111.8451 · click any tract to drill in

Why Whisperwood scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Sandy
2.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Utah legislature & governorship
1.9
Economic stress
4.7% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,912 rent vs county FMR
5.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Sandy
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Sandy
1.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Sandy
2.0

How Whisperwood compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Whisperwood risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 1126133.2Sandyparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county3.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 13

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)

  • 43Total filings over 9 yrs
  • 3.77%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.0%Peak (2011)
  • 3Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2008 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 49035112613
Filings dropped 50% 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 Whisperwood

The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.2/10.

On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 1.5/10. SNAP participation runs 3.5% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 8.5% against 17.8% nationally.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 43 filings here across 9 tracked years. It sits 0.8 points below the Salt Lake County average of 3.8. The worst year on record was 2011, when 5.0% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 3.8% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Only 20% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.1/10.

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 49035112613

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 49035112613?

Census tract 49035112613 in the Whisperwood 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 49035112613?

Median gross rent is $1,912/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 14% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 49035112613?

4.7% of residents in tract 49035112613 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,061.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 49035112613?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 13th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 1th, household 20th, minority 30th, housing 53th.
Q5

Is tract 49035112613 considered part of Whisperwood?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 49035112613 fall within Whisperwood (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 49035112613?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 43 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 49035112613 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.77% of renter households, peaking at 5.0% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 49035112613 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.3% 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. 4.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 49035112613 compare to Sandy overall?

Tract 49035112613 scores 3/10, right in line with the parent city of Sandy at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sandy eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Sandy

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

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