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

Hunter Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , West Valley City

Tract 49035113538 · Salt Lake, UT · pop 2,715 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

With a score of 3/10, tract 49035113538 in the Hunter Heights area of West Valley City, UT reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Cost burden runs 15% here against 42.4% across Salt Lake County.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1% Stable renters 6% Owners 93%
Tract context
Occupied units745
Renter share7.0%
SVI overall0.23
Poverty rate3.9%
Median income$88,750

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Hunter Heights
Moderate
Within parent city
4 th percentile
Rank, 4th percentileLowHigh
#26 of 27 tracts In West Valley City
Very Low
Within county
37 th percentile
Rank, 37th percentileLowHigh
#159 of 251 tracts In Salt Lake
Low
Within state
41 th percentile
Rank, 41st percentileLowHigh
#425 of 716 tracts In Utah
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across West Valley City and the region

Centroid at 40.6784, -112.0127 · click any tract to drill in

Why Hunter Heights scores 3

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
3.9% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,738 rent vs county FMR
4.9
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 Hunter Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Hunter Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 1135383.2West Valley Cityparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county3.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 23

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)

  • 59Total filings over 9 yrs
  • 4.15%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.9%Peak (2011)
  • 7Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2008 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 49035113538
Filings climbed 40% over the past 9 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Hunter Heights. 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 Hunter Heights

The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.9/10.

Average gross rent is $1,738, 16% above the West Valley City average. The filing record is not thin: 59 evictions over 9 years of observation.

SNAP participation runs 7.4% against 15.2% nationally. Against the Salt Lake County average of 3.8, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points.

The worst year on record was 2011, when 5.9% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 4.2% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 7% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 49035113538

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 49035113538?

Census tract 49035113538 in the Hunter Heights 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 49035113538?

Median gross rent is $1,738/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 15% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 49035113538?

3.9% of residents in tract 49035113538 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,715.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 49035113538?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 23th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 47th, household 30th, minority 71th, housing 4th.
Q5

Is tract 49035113538 considered part of Hunter Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 49035113538 fall within Hunter Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 49035113538?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 59 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 49035113538 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.15% of renter households, peaking at 5.9% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 49035113538 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.8% 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. 8.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 49035113538 compare to West Valley City overall?

Tract 49035113538 scores 3/10, right in line with 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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