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Neighborhood · Ranked #5,730 of 84,120 nationally

Central Berkeley Eviction Risk: High

Tract 06001422300 · Alameda, CA · pop 3,567 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

With a score of 8.4/10, tract 06001422300 in the Central Berkeley area of Berkeley, CA reads high for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,567. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10.

Risk score
8.4
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 38% Owners 34%
Tract context
Occupied units1,697
Renter share65.7%
SVI overall0.49
Poverty rate7.8%
Median income$113,257

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Central Berkeley
Very Low
Within parent city
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#23 of 34 tracts In Berkeley
Low
Within county
56 th percentile
Rank, 56th percentileLowHigh
#168 of 378 tracts In Alameda
Elevated
Within state
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#2,744 of 9,109 tracts In California
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Berkeley and the region

Centroid at 37.8741, -122.2779 · click any tract to drill in

Why Central Berkeley scores 8.4

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
7.8% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$2,280 rent vs county FMR
3.5
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.
Central Berkeley risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 8.48.4This tracttract 422300Berkeley: 8.68.6Berkeleyparent cityCounty: 7.87.8Countyavg tract in countyState: 7.57.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 49

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Central Berkeley

Severe burden reaches 23%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. This is renter territory: 66% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Running hot, regional political climate reads 8.1/10.

On the softer side, economic stress reads 2/10. Food insecurity runs 8.3% against 17.8% nationally.

SNAP participation runs 6.9% against 15.2% nationally. Against the Alameda County average of 7.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.6 points.

This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Oakland. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. Nationally it ranks #5,730 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 0.9 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 06001422300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06001422300?

Census tract 06001422300 in the Central Berkeley neighborhood scores 8.4/10 (High tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 06001422300?

Median gross rent is $2,280/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06001422300?

7.8% of residents in tract 06001422300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,567.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06001422300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 49th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 39th, household 18th, minority 64th, housing 78th.
Q5

Is tract 06001422300 considered part of Central Berkeley?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06001422300 fall within Central Berkeley (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06001422300 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.7% 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. 4.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06001422300 compare to Berkeley overall?

Tract 06001422300 scores 8.4/10, 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.
Q8

Was tract 06001422300 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 63% 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.
Sibling tracts

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Top eight tracts in Berkeley ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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