Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Central Berkeley Eviction Risk: High

Tract 06001423000 · Alameda, CA · pop 4,549 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Tract 06001423000 sits in the Central Berkeley area of Berkeley eviction risk, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 9.9/10. It is home to 4,549 residents. 42% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score

9.9

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 39% Stable renters 23% Owners 38%

Tract context

Occupied units1,994

Renter share61.4%

SVI overall0.32

Poverty rate13.8%

Median income$81,759

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Berkeley and the region

Centroid at 37.8668, -122.2771 · click any tract to drill in

Why Central Berkeley scores 9.9

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

13.8% poverty · this tract

3.4

Supply constraint

$2,345 rent vs county FMR

3.7

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: 32

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

26%Socioeconomic
8%Household composition
60%Racial/ethnic minority
67%Housing & transportation

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.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
0%Grade C
93%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
4.5%Utility-shutoff threat
8.5%Food insecurity
7.4%SNAP enrollment
5.7%Transit barriers
4.4%No health insurance
15.3%Frequent mental distress
23.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Central Berkeley

Against Alameda County at 45.5%, 63% of renters here are cost-burdened. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10.

It sits 2.1 points above the Alameda County average of 7.8. Set annual rent against average income of $81,759 and the ratio lands at 34%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Running hot, regional political climate reads 8.1/10.

On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 2.1/10. Food insecurity runs 8.5% against 17.8% nationally.

SNAP participation runs 7.4% against 15.2% nationally. At $2,345 a month, rents run 10% over what the rest of Berkeley commands. 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 #1 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.9/10. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 2.4 points hotter.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 06001423000

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06001423000?

Census tract 06001423000 in the Central Berkeley neighborhood scores 9.9/10 (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 06001423000?

Median gross rent is $2,345/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06001423000?

13.8% of residents in tract 06001423000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,549.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06001423000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 26th, household 8th, minority 60th, housing 67th.

Is tract 06001423000 considered part of Central Berkeley?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06001423000 fall within Central Berkeley (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06001423000 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. 4.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06001423000 compare to Berkeley overall?

Tract 06001423000 scores 9.9/10, higher than 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 06001423000 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. 93% 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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