Berkeley Hills Eviction Risk: Elevated

Average gross rent is $2,877, 35% above the Berkeley average of $2,133. Well under the midpoint is economic stress, at 1.3/10. On the high side is rent-regulation exposure at 7.7/10.

CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 5.2% of adults, against 14.2% nationally. Severe burden reaches 13%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears.

3.0% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, below a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Against a Berkeley baseline of 34.0%, 38% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line. That places it #19 of 22 neighborhoods in Berkeley.

At 18% renter-occupied, this is predominantly owner territory, and rental comps have to be drawn from further out. The closest comparables inside the same city are Ocean View and Cragmont. Against average income of $222,321, annual rent is only 16%, a wide affordability cushion.

Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

One tract means one number: 7.6/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.