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Hoover-Foster Eviction Risk: Elevated , Oakland

Tract 06001401400 · Alameda, CA · pop 5,392 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

Census tract 06001401400 sits in the Hoover-Foster neighborhood of Oakland, California. It has a population of 5,392 and an eviction-risk score of 7.3/10 (Elevated tier). 55% of renters here pay 30%+ of their household income on rent, with 32% severely cost-burdened (≥50%). Median gross rent is $1,899/month against a median household income of $87,208 — roughly 26% rent-to-income at the medians.

Risk score
7.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 42% Stable renters 35% Owners 23%
Tract context
Occupied units1,709
Renter share77.2%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate33.3%
Median income$87,208

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank — 100th percentileBottomTop
#1 of 3 tracts In Hoover-Foster
Very High
Within parent city
99 th percentile
Rank — 99th percentileBottomTop
#2 of 116 tracts In Oakland
Very High
Within county
100 th percentile
Rank — 100th percentileBottomTop
#2 of 378 tracts In Alameda
Very High
Within state
97 th percentile
Rank — 97th percentileBottomTop
#243 of 9,109 tracts In California
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Oakland and the region

Centroid at 37.8207, -122.2734 · click any tract to drill in

Why Hoover-Foster scores 7.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Oakland
9.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.1
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
33.3% poverty · this tract
8.3
Supply constraint
$1,899 rent vs county FMR
2.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Oakland
10.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
9.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Oakland
9.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Oakland
9.5

How Hoover-Foster compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Hoover-Foster risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 7.37.3This tracttract 401400Oakland: 9.19.1Oaklandparent cityCounty: 5.85.8Countyavg tract in countyState: 6.16.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 88

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 Hoover-Foster. 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.

Frequently asked

About tract 06001401400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06001401400?

Census tract 06001401400 in the Hoover-Foster neighborhood scores 7.3/10 (Elevated 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 06001401400?

Median gross rent is $1,899/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.

Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06001401400?

33.3% of residents in tract 06001401400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,392.

Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06001401400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 47th, minority 82th, housing 92th.

Q5

Is tract 06001401400 considered part of Hoover-Foster?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06001401400 fall within Hoover-Foster (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).

Q6

What share of households in tract 06001401400 struggle to pay rent?

About 23.5% 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. 15.0% also reported utility shutoff threats — a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

Q7

How does tract 06001401400 compare to Oakland overall?

Tract 06001401400 scores 7.3/10 — lower than the parent city of Oakland at 9.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Oakland eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Q8

Was tract 06001401400 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. 51% 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

Highest-risk tracts in Oakland

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

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