Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

West Berkeley Eviction Risk: High

Tract 06001423200 · Alameda, CA · pop 3,003 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Census tract 06001423200 covers part of the West Berkeley area of Berkeley, CA, and scores 9.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,003. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10.

Risk score

9.9

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 38% Stable renters 28% Owners 34%

Tract context

Occupied units1,178

Renter share65.6%

SVI overall0.63

Poverty rate15.5%

Median income$74,861

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Berkeley and the region

Centroid at 37.8645, -122.2937 · click any tract to drill in

Why West 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

15.5% poverty · this tract

3.9

Supply constraint

$1,975 rent vs county FMR

2.4

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 West Berkeley compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 63

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

50%Socioeconomic
37%Household composition
73%Racial/ethnic minority
81%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
92%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 West 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.

14.9%Housing insecurity
8.4%Utility-shutoff threat
17.2%Food insecurity
16.6%SNAP enrollment
9.6%Transit barriers
8.4%No health insurance
17.9%Frequent mental distress
29.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in West Berkeley

The severe-burden share is 27%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. 58% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Alameda County average of 45.5%.

Against the Alameda County average of 7.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.1 points. This is renter territory: 66% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. On the high side, regional political climate reads 8.1/10.

Running cool, court filing pressure reads 2.1/10. 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. On the national scale it lands near the 100th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.7/10. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 2.4 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

Average gross rent is $1,975, close to the Berkeley average. Annual rent works out to 32% of average household income of $74,861.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 06001423200

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06001423200?

Census tract 06001423200 in the West 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 06001423200?

Median gross rent is $1,975/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06001423200?

15.5% of residents in tract 06001423200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,003.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06001423200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 50th, household 37th, minority 73th, housing 81th.

Is tract 06001423200 considered part of West Berkeley?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06001423200 fall within West Berkeley (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06001423200 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.9% 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. 8.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06001423200 compare to Berkeley overall?

Tract 06001423200 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 06001423200 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. 92% 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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