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Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Alta Vista Eviction Risk: Lower , Sandy

Tract 49035112611 · Salt Lake, UT · pop 6,801 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

49035112611 is a census tract in the Alta Vista area of Sandy, UT. It scores 3/10 for landlords. It is home to 6,801 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10% Stable renters 16% Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units2,374
Renter share26.2%
SVI overall0.12
Poverty rate3.0%
Median income$104,844

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Alta Vista
Moderate
Within parent city
57 th percentile
Rank, 57th percentileLowHigh
#10 of 22 tracts In Sandy
Elevated
Within county
8 th percentile
Rank, 8th percentileLowHigh
#231 of 251 tracts In Salt Lake
Very Low
Within state
41 th percentile
Rank, 41st percentileLowHigh
#425 of 716 tracts In Utah
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Sandy and the region

Centroid at 40.6023, -111.8626 · click any tract to drill in

Why Alta Vista scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Sandy
2.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Utah legislature & governorship
1.9
Economic stress
3.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,469 rent vs county FMR
3.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Sandy
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Sandy
1.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Sandy
2.0

How Alta Vista compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Alta Vista risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 1126113.2Sandyparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county3.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 12

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 242Total filings over 9 yrs
  • 4.61%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.6%Peak (2010)
  • 18Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2008 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 49035112611
Filings dropped 22% over the past 9 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Alta Vista. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Alta Vista

On the softer side, economic stress reads 1/10. 24% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running cool, tenant-organizing strength reads 1.5/10.

SNAP participation runs 4.0% against 15.2% nationally. At $1,469 a month, rents run 17% under what the rest of Sandy commands.

The filing record is not thin: 242 evictions over 9 years of observation. Food insecurity runs 9.5% against 17.8% nationally. Against Salt Lake County at 42.4%, 38% of renters here are cost-burdened.

It sits 0.8 points below the Salt Lake County average of 3.8. Filings peaked in 2010 at 5.6% of renter households. In a typical year about 4.6% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 2.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 49035112611

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 49035112611?

Census tract 49035112611 in the Alta Vista neighborhood scores 3/10 (Lower 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 49035112611?

Median gross rent is $1,469/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 49035112611?

3.0% of residents in tract 49035112611 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,801.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 49035112611?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 12th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 17th, minority 24th, housing 32th.
Q5

Is tract 49035112611 considered part of Alta Vista?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 49035112611 fall within Alta Vista (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 49035112611?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 242 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 49035112611 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.61% of renter households, peaking at 5.6% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 49035112611 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.3% 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. 5.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 49035112611 compare to Sandy overall?

Tract 49035112611 scores 3/10, right in line with the parent city of Sandy at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sandy eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Sandy

Top eight tracts in Sandy ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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