Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Poplar Grove Eviction Risk: Moderate , Salt Lake City
Tract 49035102701 · Salt Lake, UT · pop 5,483 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Census tract 49035102701 covers part of the Poplar Grove area of Salt Lake City, UT, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. The severe-burden share is 35%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units1,885
Renter share41.5%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate9.4%
Median income$49,935
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
98
th percentile
Very High
Within county
95
th percentile
Very High
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Salt Lake City and the region
Centroid at 40.7539, -111.9306 · click any tract to drill in
Why Poplar Grove scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
9.4% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,164 rent vs county FMR
1.7
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 Poplar Grove compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 85
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 81%Socioeconomic
- 77%Household composition
- 77%Racial/ethnic minority
- 78%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 78%Grade C
- 21%Grade D · redlined
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)
- 359Total filings over 9 yrs
- 4.66%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.2%Peak (2015)
- 46Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 9 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Poplar Grove. 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.
- 17.7%Housing insecurity
- 10.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 23.2%Food insecurity
- 11.0%SNAP enrollment
- 10.8%Transit barriers
- 20.1%No health insurance
- 18.5%Frequent mental distress
- 32.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Poplar Grove
The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1.7/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.9/10. Against the Salt Lake County average of 3.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.6 points.
Running cool, economic stress reads 2.3/10. Average gross rent is $1,164, 18% below the Salt Lake City average. Adults with no health insurance runs 20.1% against 11.3% nationally.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 359 filings here across 9 tracked years. Against Salt Lake County at 42.4%, 46% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Filings peaked in 2015 at 6.2% of renter households. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Salt Lake City. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
In a typical year about 4.7% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.7/10. Statewide the UT average is 3.7, so this tract runs 1.7 points hotter.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 49035102701
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 49035102701?
Census tract 49035102701 in the Poplar Grove 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 49035102701?
Median gross rent is $1,164/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 49035102701?
9.4% of residents in tract 49035102701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,483.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 49035102701?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 77th, minority 77th, housing 78th.
Q5
Is tract 49035102701 considered part of Poplar Grove?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 49035102701 fall within Poplar Grove (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 49035102701?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 359 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 49035102701 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.66% of renter households, peaking at 6.2% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 49035102701 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.7% 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. 10.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 49035102701 compare to Salt Lake City overall?
Tract 49035102701 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Salt Lake City at 4/10. 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 49035102701 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. 21% 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.
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