2 census tracts · pop 6,601 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5/10
· range 5–5
Richard's Park is a 2-tract neighborhood of Laramie, WY and houses 6,601 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 5/10, placing it in the Moderate tier. The severe-burden share is 47%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
Cost burden runs 59% against 30.8% citywide, putting Richard's Park 28.5% over its own city. The poverty rate is 45%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
This is a renter market: 82% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. The strongest single driver of the headline number is economic stress at 8.9/10.
Annualized rent equals 34% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with. On the softer side is rent-regulation exposure, at 1.5/10. Court records for this tract carry 1 eviction filings.
Well under the midpoint is housing-court posture, at 2.5/10. Filing activity peaked in 2005 at 0.2% of renter households.
Among the 7 mapped neighborhoods of Laramie, it ranks #1 by risk, the upper third. Judgments average 0.2% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
The closest comparables inside the same city are Wyoming and Imperial Heights. The 2 tracts here are tightly clustered, 0 points apart at the extremes.
Average gross rent runs $964, close to the Laramie average.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
5
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Richard's Park vs LaramieHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority31%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport76%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Richard's Park
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
1Total filings (sum)
0.20%Avg annual filing rate
0.2%Peak year (2005)
0.20%Latest filed (2005)
Frequently asked
About Richard's Park
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Richard's Park?
Richard's Park scores 5/10 (Moderate tier) across 2 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 Richard's Park compare to Laramie overall?
Richard's Park scores 1.4 points higher than Laramie overall (3.6/10). Renters spend 59% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $964 vs $925.
Q3
What is the average rent in Richard's Park?
Average gross rent in Richard's Park is $964/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Richard's Park residents are renters?
82% of Richard's Park households are renter-occupied (vs 56% in Laramie). The neighborhood has 6,601 residents.
Q5
Is Richard's Park a high social-vulnerability area?
Richard's Park sits in the 50th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately 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 Richard's Park have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Richard's Park is census tract 56001963102 (score 5/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5 to 5, a spread of 0 points.
Q7
How safe is Richard's Park for landlords?
Richard's Park carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Laramie as a whole (3.6/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Richard's Park?
Richard's Park has 6,742 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (81.6%), Hispanic / Latino (9.3%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (3.9%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
