3 census tracts · pop 7,652 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.9/10
· range 3.1–5.4
Yalecrest takes in 3 census tracts of Salt Lake City, UT, population 7,652. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 3.9/10, Lower tier. about half of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, far above the Salt Lake City rate of 30.4%.
Average gross rent is $1,879, 33% above the Salt Lake City average of $1,414. Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 3.1 to 5.4, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk. The severe-burden share is 19%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure, at 3/10. Court records carry 36 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts. SNAP participation is 5.5% of households versus 15.2% nationally.
Filing activity peaked in 2016 at 2.5% of renter households. That places it #21 of 26 neighborhoods in Salt Lake City.
Judgments average 0.3% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. The closest comparables inside the same city are Central City / Liberty-Wells and East Liberty Park.
Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $112,567. 47% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 3.9 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
3 tracts · population-weighted
Yalecrest vs Salt Lake CityHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority31%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport29%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Yalecrest
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
36Total filings (sum)
1.13%Avg annual filing rate
2.5%Peak year (2016)
1.48%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Yalecrest
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
8.3%Housing insecurity
5.8%Utility shutoff threat
10.9%Food insecurity
5.1%SNAP enrollment
7.2%No health insurance
24.6%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Yalecrest
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Yalecrest?
Yalecrest scores 3.9/10 (Lower 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 Yalecrest compare to Salt Lake City overall?
Yalecrest scores 0.1 points lower than Salt Lake City overall (4/10). Renters spend 53% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $1,879 vs $1,414.
Q3
What is the average rent in Yalecrest?
Average gross rent in Yalecrest is $1,879/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Yalecrest residents are renters?
47% of Yalecrest households are renter-occupied (vs 54% in Salt Lake City). The neighborhood has 7,652 residents.
Q5
Is Yalecrest a high social-vulnerability area?
Yalecrest sits in the 23rd 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 Yalecrest have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Yalecrest is census tract 49035101401 (score 5.4/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.1 to 5.4, a spread of 2.3 points.
Q7
How safe is Yalecrest for landlords?
Yalecrest carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.9/10). 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 in line with the citywide level.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Yalecrest?
Yalecrest has 7,851 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (76.2%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (8.5%), Other / Multiracial (6.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
