Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Merry Lane Eviction Risk: Lower , West Valley City
Tract 49035113412 ·
Salt Lake, UT · pop 2,772 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Census tract 49035113412 covers part of the Merry Lane area of West Valley City, UT, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,772. Cost burden runs 25% here against 42.4% across Salt Lake County.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%Stable renters 13%Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units704
Renter share16.9%
SVI overall0.35
Poverty rate9.3%
Median income$112,232
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Merry Lane
Moderate
Within parent city
27th percentile
#20 of 27 tracts In West Valley City
Low
Within county
22th percentile
#195 of 251 tracts In Salt Lake
Low
Within state
41th percentile
#425 of 716 tracts In Utah
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across West Valley City and the region
Centroid at 40.7002, -112.0153 · click any tract to drill in
Why Merry Lane 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
9.3% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,671 rent vs county FMR
4.6
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 Merry Lane compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 35
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
49%Socioeconomic
63%Household composition
77%Racial/ethnic minority
6%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)
31Total filings over 9 yrs
3.73%Avg annual filing rate
7.5%Peak (2010)
3Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year2008 to 2016
Filings climbed 200% 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.
16.5%Housing insecurity
9.4%Utility-shutoff threat
22.7%Food insecurity
10.0%SNAP enrollment
10.1%Transit barriers
18.4%No health insurance
18.8%Frequent mental distress
32.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Merry Lane
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10. 18% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.9/10.
On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.3/10. The filing record is not thin: 31 evictions over 9 years of observation.
Against the Salt Lake County average of 3.8, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points. Adults with no health insurance runs 18.4% against 11.3% nationally.
At $1,671 a month, rents run 11% over what the rest of West Valley City commands. Filings peaked in 2010 at 7.5% of renter households.
In a typical year about 3.7% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
At 17% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 49035113412
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 49035113412?
Census tract 49035113412 in the Merry Lane 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 49035113412?
Median gross rent is $1,671/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 25% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 49035113412?
9.3% of residents in tract 49035113412 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,772.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 49035113412?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 35th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 63th, minority 77th, housing 6th.
Q5
Is tract 49035113412 considered part of Merry Lane?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 49035113412 fall within Merry Lane (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 49035113412?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 31 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 49035113412 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.73% of renter households, peaking at 7.5% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 49035113412 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.5% 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. 9.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 49035113412 compare to West Valley City overall?
Tract 49035113412 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.