3 census tracts · pop 12,978 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.4/10
· range 5.4–5.4
Poplar Grove is a 3-tract neighborhood of Salt Lake City, UT and houses 12,978 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 5.4/10, placing it in the Moderate tier. Cost burden runs 53% against 30.4% citywide, putting Poplar Grove 22.3% over its own city.
28% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. Pulling the other way is supply constraint, at 1.8/10.
Food insecurity affects 30.9% of adults, 13.1 points above the national rate. CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 22.4% of adults, against 14.2% nationally. Filings are well documented here: 816 across 3 observed tracts.
Average gross rent is $1,186, 16% below the Salt Lake City average of $1,414. The poverty rate is 17%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest.
Running cool is rent-regulation exposure, at 3/10. Filing activity peaked in 2015 at 11.5% of renter households.
The most recent observed rate, 3.8% in 2016, is well off that peak. Among the 26 mapped neighborhoods of Salt Lake City, it ranks #1 by risk, the upper third. Social vulnerability runs high at 9/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.
Its 3 tracts score within 0 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses. Annual rent works out to 29% of average household income of $49,662.
44% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
3 tracts · population-weighted
Poplar Grove vs Salt Lake CityHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority74%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport86%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Poplar Grove
Aggregated across 3 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
816Total filings (sum)
4.56%Avg annual filing rate
11.5%Peak year (2015)
3.88%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Poplar Grove
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
21.4%Housing insecurity
13.7%Utility shutoff threat
29.4%Food insecurity
16.5%SNAP enrollment
22.8%No health insurance
36.1%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Poplar Grove
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Poplar Grove?
Poplar Grove scores 5.4/10 (Moderate tier) across 3 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 Poplar Grove compare to Salt Lake City overall?
Poplar Grove scores 1.4 points higher than Salt Lake City overall (4/10). Renters spend 53% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $1,186 vs $1,414.
Q3
What is the average rent in Poplar Grove?
Average gross rent in Poplar Grove is $1,186/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Poplar Grove residents are renters?
44% of Poplar Grove households are renter-occupied (vs 54% in Salt Lake City). The neighborhood has 12,978 residents.
Q5
Is Poplar Grove a high social-vulnerability area?
Poplar Grove sits in the 89th 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
Which tracts in Poplar Grove have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Poplar Grove is census tract 49035102701 (score 5.4/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.4 to 5.4, a spread of 0 points.
Q7
How safe is Poplar Grove for landlords?
Poplar Grove carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.4/10). Pop-weighted across 3 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.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Poplar Grove?
Poplar Grove has 12,661 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (44.6%), White (non-Hispanic) (37.8%), Other / Multiracial (7.7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
