Census Tract · Ranked #10,727 of 84,120 nationally

Castro Valley Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 06001430900 · Alameda, CA · pop 5,214

With a score of 7.4/10, tract 06001430900 in Castro Valley, CA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,214. Severe burden reaches 26%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

7.4

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 30% Stable renters 34% Owners 36%

Tract context

Occupied units1,817

Renter share64.3%

SVI overall0.88

Poverty rate17.1%

Median income$119,028

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Castro Valley and the region

Centroid at 37.6983, -122.0828 · click any tract to drill in

Why Castro Valley scores 7.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Castro Valley

8.3

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

8.1

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

17.1% poverty · this tract

4.3

Supply constraint

$2,216 rent vs county FMR

3.3

Rent control risk

Inherited from Castro Valley

8.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.6

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Castro Valley

6.3

Housing court bias

Inherited from Castro Valley

6.1

How Castro Valley compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 88

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

57%Socioeconomic
76%Household composition
80%Racial/ethnic minority
100%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

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.

15.3%Housing insecurity
8.1%Utility-shutoff threat
18.1%Food insecurity
16.3%SNAP enrollment
9.6%Transit barriers
8.7%No health insurance
17.8%Frequent mental distress
29.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Castro Valley

The dominant input is local political climate at 8.3/10. On the high side, regional political climate reads 8.1/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8/10. At $2,216 a month, rents run 13% under what the rest of Castro Valley commands. That is riskier than roughly 87% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.9/10. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

47% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. It tracks the Alameda County average of 7.8 closely.

Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $119,028. 64% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06001430900

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06001430900?

Census tract 06001430900 in Castro Valley scores 7.4/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 06001430900?

Median gross rent is $2,216/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06001430900?

17.1% of residents in tract 06001430900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,214.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06001430900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 57th, household 76th, minority 80th, housing 100th.

What share of households in tract 06001430900 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.3% 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. 8.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06001430900 compare to Castro Valley overall?

Tract 06001430900 scores 7.4/10, higher than the parent city of Castro Valley at 6.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Castro Valley; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Castro Valley

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