Neighborhood · Ranked #5,413 of 84,120 nationally

Central Berkeley Eviction Risk: High

Tract 06001422200 · Alameda, CA · pop 3,280 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Census tract 06001422200 covers part of the Central Berkeley area of Berkeley, CA, and scores 8.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,280 residents. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10.

Risk score

8.5

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 17% Stable renters 36% Owners 47%

Tract context

Occupied units1,447

Renter share53.4%

SVI overall0.21

Poverty rate7.2%

Median income$108,523

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Berkeley and the region

Centroid at 37.8729, -122.2878 · click any tract to drill in

Why Central Berkeley scores 8.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Berkeley

7.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

8.1

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

7.2% poverty · this tract

1.8

Supply constraint

$1,989 rent vs county FMR

2.4

Rent control risk

Inherited from Berkeley

7.7

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.1

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Berkeley

9.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Berkeley

7.5

How Central Berkeley compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 21

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

18%Socioeconomic
10%Household composition
55%Racial/ethnic minority
47%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
59%Grade C
30%Grade D · redlined

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Central Berkeley. 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.

8.1%Housing insecurity
4.4%Utility-shutoff threat
8.4%Food insecurity
7.3%SNAP enrollment
5.5%Transit barriers
4.3%No health insurance
15.1%Frequent mental distress
22.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Central Berkeley

Cost burden runs 33% here against 45.5% across Alameda County. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.8/10.

The severe-burden share is 17%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 8.1/10. Food insecurity runs 8.4% against 17.8% nationally.

SNAP participation runs 7.3% against 15.2% nationally. It sits 0.7 points above the Alameda County average of 7.8.

In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. On the national scale it lands near the 94th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Social vulnerability reads 2.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 06001422200

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06001422200?

Census tract 06001422200 in the Central Berkeley neighborhood scores 8.5/10 (High tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 06001422200?

Median gross rent is $1,989/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06001422200?

7.2% of residents in tract 06001422200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,280.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06001422200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 21th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 18th, household 10th, minority 55th, housing 47th.

Is tract 06001422200 considered part of Central Berkeley?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06001422200 fall within Central Berkeley (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06001422200 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.1% 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. 4.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06001422200 compare to Berkeley overall?

Tract 06001422200 scores 8.5/10, right in line with the parent city of Berkeley at 8.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Berkeley eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 06001422200 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 30% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.

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