4 census tracts · pop 20,309 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.3/10
· range 3–4.6
Woodcove is a 4-tract neighborhood of West Valley City, UT, population 20,309. The Eviction Risk Score is 4.3/10, in the Moderate tier. Against a West Valley City baseline of 29.7%, 48% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
27% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. Pulling the other way is rent-regulation exposure, at 1.5/10.
Scores across the 4 constituent tracts range from 3 to 4.6. A 1.6-point internal spread means block-level underwriting beats area-level here. 22.5% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt.
Running cool is supply constraint, at 2.4/10. Court records carry 1,042 eviction filings across its 4 observed tracts.
Average gross rent is $1,294, 14% below the West Valley City average of $1,504. Food insecurity affects 27.4% of adults, 9.6 points above the national rate. The worst year on record was 2012, when filings touched 13.6% of renter households.
Well under the midpoint is housing-court posture, at 3/10. The most recent observed rate, 4.8% in 2016, is well off that peak.
That places it #2 of 10 neighborhoods in West Valley City. The closest comparables inside the same city are Westgate and Sunnyvale Park.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 1.6 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
4 tracts · population-weighted
Woodcove vs West Valley CityHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority76%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport75%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Woodcove
Aggregated across 4 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
1,042Total filings (sum)
5.32%Avg annual filing rate
13.6%Peak year (2012)
4.57%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Woodcove
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
20.7%Housing insecurity
12.5%Utility shutoff threat
28.9%Food insecurity
15.1%SNAP enrollment
23.6%No health insurance
38.0%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Woodcove
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Woodcove?
Woodcove scores 4.3/10 (Moderate tier) across 4 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Woodcove compare to West Valley City overall?
Woodcove scores 1.1 points higher than West Valley City overall (3.2/10). Renters spend 48% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $1,294 vs $1,504.
Q3
What is the average rent in Woodcove?
Average gross rent in Woodcove is $1,294/month (pop-weighted across 4 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Woodcove residents are renters?
35% of Woodcove households are renter-occupied (vs 28% in West Valley City). The neighborhood has 20,309 residents.
Q5
Is Woodcove a high social-vulnerability area?
Woodcove sits in the 83rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Woodcove have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Woodcove is census tract 49035113406 (score 4.6/10). Across the 4 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 4.6, a spread of 1.6 points.
Q7
How safe is Woodcove for landlords?
Woodcove carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.3/10). Pop-weighted across 4 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to West Valley City as a whole (3.2/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Woodcove?
Woodcove has 20,342 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (49%), White (non-Hispanic) (32.2%), Other / Multiracial (11.9%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
