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Central City Eviction Risk: Moderate , Salt Lake City

Tract 49035101900 · Salt Lake, UT · pop 3,046 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

Tract 49035101900 covers the Central City neighborhood of Salt Lake City in Utah. Home to 3,046 residents, it scores 5.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 70% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 64% of renter households, a severe level, and 36% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,579 monthly, set against $47,335 in average yearly household income, roughly 40% of income at the averages. About 88% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 56% Stable renters 32% Owners 12%
Tract context
Occupied units1,977
Renter share88.3%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate35.8%
Median income$47,335

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 4 tracts In Central City
Very High
Within parent city
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 55 tracts In Salt Lake City
Very High
Within county
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 251 tracts In Salt Lake
Very High
Within state
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#25 of 716 tracts In Utah
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Salt Lake City and the region

Centroid at 40.7650, -111.8754 · click any tract to drill in

Why Central City scores 5.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Salt Lake City
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Utah legislature & governorship
1.9
Economic stress
35.8% poverty · this tract
8.9
Supply constraint
$1,579 rent vs county FMR
4.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Salt Lake City
3.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Salt Lake City
6.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Salt Lake City
5.0

How Central City compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Central City risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.45.4This tracttract 101900Salt Lake City: 2.92.9Salt Lake Cityparent cityCounty: 2.52.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 2.62.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 78

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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)

  • 208Total filings over 9 yrs
  • 1.77%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.5%Peak (2009)
  • 15Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2008 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 490351019002008: 22 filings (1.68/100 renter HHs)2009: 33 filings (2.52/100 renter HHs)2010: 31 filings (2.41/100 renter HHs)2011: 23 filings (1.77/100 renter HHs)2012: 17 filings (1.31/100 renter HHs)2013: 32 filings (2.47/100 renter HHs)2014: 14 filings (1.08/100 renter HHs)2015: 21 filings (1.62/100 renter HHs)2016: 15 filings (1.05/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 32% over the past 9 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Central City. 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 Central City

The heaviest input here is economic stress at 8.9/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Salt Lake City eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores well above the Salt Lake County average of 4.4 and above the Utah statewide average of 4.0. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 13.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 78th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 49035101900

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 49035101900?

Census tract 49035101900 in the Central City neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (Moderate 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 49035101900?

Median gross rent is $1,579/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 49035101900?

35.8% of residents in tract 49035101900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,046.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 49035101900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 21th, minority 57th, housing 100th.
Q5

Is tract 49035101900 considered part of Central City?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 49035101900 fall within Central City (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 49035101900?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 208 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 49035101900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.77% of renter households, peaking at 2.5% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 49035101900 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.5% 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. 9.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 49035101900 compare to Salt Lake City overall?

Tract 49035101900 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Salt Lake City at 2.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Salt Lake City eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9

Was tract 49035101900 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 32% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Salt Lake City

Top eight tracts in Salt Lake City ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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