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Neighborhood · Ranked #947 of 84,120 nationally

Northside Eviction Risk: High , Berkeley

Tract 06001982100 · Alameda, CA · pop 923 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Census tract 06001982100 belongs to the Northside area of Berkeley, California. It is home to 923 residents and scores $1/10, an elevated reading for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #4,155 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

About 58% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 42% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is about $3,200 a month. Renters make up 60% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
8.6
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 35% Stable renters 25% Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units40
Renter share60.0%
SVI overall0.12
Poverty rate47.4%

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Northside
Very Low
Within parent city
82 th percentile
Rank, 82nd percentileLowHigh
#7 of 34 tracts In Berkeley
High
Within county
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#14 of 378 tracts In Alameda
Very High
Within state
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#339 of 9,109 tracts In California
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Berkeley and the region

Centroid at 37.8738, -122.2546 · click any tract to drill in

Why Northside scores 8.6

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
47.4% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$3,200 rent vs county FMR
6.9
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 Northside compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Northside risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 8.68.6This tracttract 982100Berkeley: 8.28.2Berkeleyparent cityCounty: 5.15.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.65.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 12

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

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.

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 Northside. 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 Northside

The heaviest input here is economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Berkeley eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Alameda County average of 5.8 and above the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is Asian and White and ranks around the 12th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

In CDC survey modeling, about 15.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 06001982100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06001982100?

Census tract 06001982100 in the Northside neighborhood scores 8.6/10 (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 06001982100?

Median gross rent is $3,200/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06001982100?

47.4% of residents in tract 06001982100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 923.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06001982100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 12th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 46th, household 1th, minority 80th, housing 8th.
Q5

Is tract 06001982100 considered part of Northside?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06001982100 fall within Northside (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06001982100 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.4% 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. 8.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06001982100 compare to Berkeley overall?

Tract 06001982100 scores 8.6/10, higher than the parent city of Berkeley at 8.2/10. 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 06001982100 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. 0% 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 Berkeley

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

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