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Neighborhood · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally

Woodcove Eviction Risk: Moderate , West Valley City

Tract 49035113406 · Salt Lake, UT · pop 6,716 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

With a score of 4.6/10, tract 49035113406 in the Woodcove area of West Valley City, UT reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 32%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 23% Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units1,851
Renter share41.8%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate16.2%
Median income$66,042

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 4 tracts In Woodcove
Elevated
Within parent city
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#3 of 27 tracts In West Valley City
Very High
Within county
74 th percentile
Rank, 74th percentileLowHigh
#66 of 251 tracts In Salt Lake
Elevated
Within state
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#125 of 716 tracts In Utah
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across West Valley City and the region

Centroid at 40.7002, -111.9914 · click any tract to drill in

Why Woodcove scores 4.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from West Valley City
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Utah legislature & governorship
1.9
Economic stress
16.2% poverty · this tract
4.0
Supply constraint
$1,142 rent vs county FMR
1.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from West Valley City
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from West Valley City
3.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from West Valley City
3.0

How Woodcove compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Woodcove risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.6This tracttract 1134063.2West Valley Cityparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county3.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 97

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)

  • 712Total filings over 9 yrs
  • 10.25%Avg annual filing rate
  • 13.6%Peak (2012)
  • 52Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2008 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 49035113406
Filings dropped 16% over the past 9 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Woodcove. 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 Woodcove

The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.5/10. Food insecurity runs 33.6% against 17.8% nationally.

Adults with no health insurance runs 27.1% against 11.3% nationally. Average gross rent is $1,142, 24% below the West Valley City average.

Running cool, state political climate reads 1.9/10. Court records carry 712 eviction filings across 9 observed years.

Against the Salt Lake County average of 3.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.8 points. The worst year on record was 2012, when 13.6% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 10.3% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #39,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 49035113406

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 49035113406?

Census tract 49035113406 in the Woodcove neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (Moderate 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 49035113406?

Median gross rent is $1,142/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 49035113406?

16.2% of residents in tract 49035113406 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,716.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 49035113406?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 91th, minority 77th, housing 100th.
Q5

Is tract 49035113406 considered part of Woodcove?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 49035113406 fall within Woodcove (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 49035113406?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 712 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 49035113406 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.25% of renter households, peaking at 13.6% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 49035113406 struggle to pay rent?

About 23.8% 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. 14.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 49035113406 compare to West Valley City overall?

Tract 49035113406 scores 4.6/10, higher than the parent city of West Valley City at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from West Valley City eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in West Valley City

Top eight tracts in West Valley City ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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