Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Southside Eviction Risk: High , Berkeley

Tract 06001422800 · Alameda, CA · pop 8,980 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

06001422800 is a census tract in the Southside area of Berkeley, CA. It scores 9.9/10 for landlords. Population here is 8,980. Severe burden reaches 44%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

9.9

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 67% Stable renters 32% Owners 1%

Tract context

Occupied units1,504

Renter share99.1%

SVI overall0.62

Poverty rate58.2%

Median income$30,833

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Berkeley and the region

Centroid at 37.8668, -122.2600 · click any tract to drill in

Why Southside 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

58.2% poverty · this tract

10.0

Supply constraint

$1,822 rent vs county FMR

1.8

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 Southside compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 62

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

73%Socioeconomic
1%Household composition
80%Racial/ethnic minority
98%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
70%Grade C
3%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.

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.

20.7%Housing insecurity
11.8%Utility-shutoff threat
35.8%Food insecurity
32.8%SNAP enrollment
22.1%Transit barriers
11.5%No health insurance
27.6%Frequent mental distress
38.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Southside

Against Alameda County at 45.5%, around two-thirds of renters here are cost-burdened. Annualized rent equals 71% of average household income of $30,833, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 58%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. This is renter territory: 99% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.5/10. Against the Alameda County average of 7.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.1 points. Food insecurity runs 35.8% against 17.8% nationally.

SNAP participation runs 32.8% against 15.2% nationally. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.8/10. At $1,822 a month, rents run 15% under what the rest of Berkeley commands.

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.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06001422800

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06001422800?

Census tract 06001422800 in the Southside 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 06001422800?

Median gross rent is $1,822/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 67% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06001422800?

58.2% of residents in tract 06001422800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 8,980.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06001422800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 73th, household 1th, minority 80th, housing 98th.

Is tract 06001422800 considered part of Southside?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06001422800 fall within Southside (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06001422800 struggle to pay rent?

About 20.7% 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. 11.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06001422800 compare to Berkeley overall?

Tract 06001422800 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 06001422800 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. 3% 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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