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Neighborhood · Salt Lake City, UT

Colorado Eviction Risk: Moderate

1 census tracts · pop 7,012 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.4/10 · range 5.4–5.4

Colorado maps to a single census tract in Salt Lake City, UT and houses 7,012 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 5.4/10, Moderate tier. Cost burden runs 47% against 30.4% citywide, putting Colorado 16.9% over its own city.

The severe-burden share is 24%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. The main counterweight is supply constraint, at 1.7/10.

At $1,165 a month, rents sit 18% under what the rest of Salt Lake City commands. Court records for this tract carry 284 eviction filings. The poverty rate is 18%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

20.1% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt. On the softer side is rent-regulation exposure, at 3/10. The worst year on record was 2008, when filings touched 6.2% of renter households.

The most recent observed rate, 3.4% in 2016, is well off that peak. That places it #1 of 26 neighborhoods in Salt Lake City. For a like-for-like read, Sunnyside East and East Central score within a fraction of it.

Social vulnerability runs high at 9.4/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input. Against average income of $72,105, annual rent is only 19%, a wide affordability cushion.

28% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

One tract means one number: 5.4/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Colorado vs Salt Lake City How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
47.3% +56%
Salt Lake City: 30.4%
Average gross rent
$1,165 -18%
Salt Lake City: $1,414
Average HH income
$72,105 -15%
Salt Lake City: $84,805
Poverty rate
17.9% +31%
Salt Lake City: 13.7%
Renter share
28.2% -48%
Salt Lake City: 54.2%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Colorado and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 5.4–5.4

Why Colorado scores 5.4

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 1.9–1.9 across tracts
1.9
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 5.6–5.6 across tracts
5.6
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 7.5–7.5 across tracts
7.5
Rent control risk
47% of income on rent · Range 3.0–3.0 across tracts
3.0
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 4.5–4.5 across tracts
4.5
Tenant organizing strength
28% renter households · Range 6.0–6.0 across tracts
6.0
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 5.0–5.0 across tracts
5.0
Economic stress
17.9% below poverty line · Range 4.5–4.5 across tracts
4.5
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.7–1.7 across tracts
1.7
Risk score comparison

Colorado vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Colorado score vs. parent city, state, U.S.5.4ColoradoNeighborhood4.0Parent cityhost city3.5Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

1 tracts in Colorado

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
49035100600 5.4 7,012 47% $1,165
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 93

Pop-weighted across 1 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 91%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 44%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 69%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 99%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Colorado

Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 284Total filings (sum)
  • 3.94%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.2%Peak year (2008)
  • 3.43%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Colorado

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Colorado

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Colorado?

Colorado scores 5.4/10 (Moderate 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 Colorado compare to Salt Lake City overall?

Colorado scores 1.4 points higher than Salt Lake City overall (4/10). Renters spend 47% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $1,165 vs $1,414.
Q3

What is the average rent in Colorado?

Average gross rent in Colorado eviction laws is $1,165/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Colorado residents are renters?

28% of Colorado households are renter-occupied (vs 54% in Salt Lake City). The neighborhood has 7,012 residents.
Q5

Is Colorado a high social-vulnerability area?

Colorado sits in the 93rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

How safe is Colorado for landlords?

Colorado eviction laws carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.4/10). 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 Salt Lake City as a whole (4/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q7

What is the demographic breakdown of Colorado?

Colorado has 6,884 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (46.8%), Hispanic / Latino (34%), Other / Multiracial (10%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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