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

Willowcreek East Eviction Risk: Lower , Sandy

Tract 49035112614 · Salt Lake, UT · pop 4,231 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

49035112614 is a census tract in the Willowcreek East area of Sandy, UT. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,231. 60% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 1% Stable renters 1% Owners 98%

Tract context

Occupied units1,246

Renter share2.0%

SVI overall0.13

Poverty rate1.2%

Median income$168,971

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Sandy and the region

Centroid at 40.5989, -111.8200 · click any tract to drill in

Why Willowcreek East 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

1.2% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$2,225 rent vs county FMR

7.7

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 Willowcreek East compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 13

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

15%Socioeconomic
22%Household composition
11%Racial/ethnic minority
26%Housing & transportation

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)

24Total filings over 9 yrs
3.81%Avg annual filing rate
3.9%Peak (2011)
2Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2008 to 2016

Filings dropped 50% over the past 9 months.

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.

6.1%Housing insecurity
4.2%Utility-shutoff threat
7.6%Food insecurity
3.3%SNAP enrollment
4.4%Transit barriers
6.2%No health insurance
14.1%Frequent mental distress
26.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Willowcreek East

Against Salt Lake County at 42.4%, 60% of renters here are cost-burdened. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

On the softer side, economic stress reads 1/10. The voucher gap is 27.3%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Running cool, tenant-organizing strength reads 1.5/10.

At $2,225 a month, rents run 25% over what the rest of Sandy commands. SNAP participation runs 3.3% against 15.2% nationally.

Court records carry 24 eviction filings across 9 observed years. Housing insecurity runs 6.1% against 14.2% nationally. It sits 0.8 points below the Salt Lake County average of 3.8.

Filings peaked in 2011 at 3.9% of renter households. In a typical year about 3.8% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 49035112614

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 49035112614?

Census tract 49035112614 in the Willowcreek East 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.

What is the average rent in tract 49035112614?

Median gross rent is $2,225/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 49035112614?

1.2% of residents in tract 49035112614 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,231.

How socially vulnerable is tract 49035112614?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 13th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 15th, household 22th, minority 11th, housing 26th.

Is tract 49035112614 considered part of Willowcreek East?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 49035112614 fall within Willowcreek East (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 49035112614?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 24 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 49035112614 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.81% of renter households, peaking at 3.9% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 49035112614 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.1% 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. 4.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 49035112614 compare to Sandy overall?

Tract 49035112614 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.

Eviction Lab tract-level court records (2000-2018) and Eviction Tracking System, Princeton University. Open Data Commons Attribution license. evictionlab.org