4 census tracts · pop 15,460 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.1/10
· range 3.7–4.8
Sugar House spans 4 census tracts of Salt Lake City, UT and houses 15,460 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 4.1/10, in the Moderate tier. 44% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, markedly above the Salt Lake City rate of 30.4%.
25% 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. The main counterweight is economic stress, at 2.5/10.
Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 3.7 to 4.8, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk. Filings are well documented here: 286 across 4 observed tracts. SNAP participation is 4.1% of households versus 15.2% nationally.
Well under the midpoint is rent-regulation exposure, at 3/10. The worst year on record was 2011, when filings touched 3.1% of renter households. Food insecurity affects 9.1% of adults, 8.7 points below the national rate.
At $1,566 a month, rents sit 11% over what the rest of Salt Lake City commands. The most recent observed rate, 0.7% in 2016, is well off that peak.
Among the 26 mapped neighborhoods of Salt Lake City, it ranks #21 by risk, the lower third. For a like-for-like read, East Liberty Park and Yalecrest score within a fraction of it.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 1.1 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
4 tracts · population-weighted
Sugar House vs Salt Lake CityHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority35%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport44%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Sugar House
Aggregated across 4 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
286Total filings (sum)
1.26%Avg annual filing rate
3.1%Peak year (2011)
0.69%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Sugar House
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
7.8%Housing insecurity
5.3%Utility shutoff threat
9.2%Food insecurity
4.1%SNAP enrollment
7.3%No health insurance
23.9%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Sugar House
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Sugar House?
Sugar House scores 4.1/10 (Moderate tier) across 4 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 Sugar House compare to Salt Lake City overall?
Sugar House scores 0.1 points higher than Salt Lake City overall (4/10). Renters spend 44% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $1,566 vs $1,414.
Q3
What is the average rent in Sugar House?
Average gross rent in Sugar House is $1,566/month (pop-weighted across 4 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Sugar House residents are renters?
44% of Sugar House households are renter-occupied (vs 54% in Salt Lake City). The neighborhood has 15,460 residents.
Q5
Is Sugar House a high social-vulnerability area?
Sugar House sits in the 19th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Sugar House have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Sugar House is census tract 49035103300 (score 4.8/10). Across the 4 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.7 to 4.8, a spread of 1.1 points.
Q7
How safe is Sugar House for landlords?
Sugar House carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.1/10). Pop-weighted across 4 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 in line with the citywide level.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Sugar House?
Sugar House has 15,530 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (79.2%), Hispanic / Latino (8.6%), Other / Multiracial (6.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
