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Census Tract · Ranked #49,882 of 84,120 nationally

West Valley City Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 49035113307 · Salt Lake, UT · pop 7,188

West Valley City anchors census tract 49035113307, which lands at 4.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 24th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 58% of renter households, a severe level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,240 a month while the average household earns $70,611 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. About 32% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19% Stable renters 14% Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units1,863
Renter share32.3%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate16.9%
Median income$70,611

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 27 tracts In West Valley City
High
Within county
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#40 of 251 tracts In Salt Lake
High
Within state
79 th percentile
Rank, 79th percentileLowHigh
#149 of 716 tracts In Utah
High
National
41 th percentile
Rank, 41st percentileLowHigh
#49,882 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across West Valley City and the region

Centroid at 40.7152, -111.9653 · click any tract to drill in

Why West Valley City scores 3.5

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
16.9% poverty · this tract
4.2
Supply constraint
$1,240 rent vs county FMR
2.1
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 West Valley City compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
West Valley City risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.53.5This tracttract 113307West Valley City: 2.62.6West Valley Cityparent cityCounty: 2.52.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 2.62.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 90

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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)

  • 320Total filings over 9 yrs
  • 5.54%Avg annual filing rate
  • 7.7%Peak (2011)
  • 25Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2008 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 490351133072008: 51 filings (8.27/100 renter HHs)2009: 37 filings (6.00/100 renter HHs)2010: 42 filings (7.22/100 renter HHs)2011: 52 filings (7.72/100 renter HHs)2012: 38 filings (5.64/100 renter HHs)2013: 31 filings (4.60/100 renter HHs)2014: 26 filings (3.86/100 renter HHs)2015: 18 filings (2.67/100 renter HHs)2016: 25 filings (3.88/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 51% over the past 9 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

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 West Valley City

What moves this score most is economic stress at 4.2/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from West Valley City eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Salt Lake County average of 4.4 and above the Utah statewide average of 4.0. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 22.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 13.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is Hispanic or Latino and White and ranks around the 90th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 49035113307

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 49035113307?

Census tract 49035113307 in West Valley City scores 3.5/10 (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 49035113307?

Median gross rent is $1,240/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 49035113307?

16.9% of residents in tract 49035113307 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,188.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 49035113307?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 73th, minority 80th, housing 88th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 49035113307?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 320 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 49035113307 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.54% of renter households, peaking at 7.7% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 49035113307 struggle to pay rent?

About 22.4% 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. 13.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 49035113307 compare to West Valley City overall?

Tract 49035113307 scores 3.5/10, higher than the parent city of West Valley City at 2.6/10. 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.
Q8

Was tract 49035113307 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 1% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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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