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Neighborhood · Emeryville, CA

Longfellow Eviction Risk: High

2 census tracts · pop 10,291 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 9.6/10 · range 9.1–9.9

Longfellow is a 2-tract neighborhood of Emeryville, CA and houses 10,291 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 9.6/10, High tier. What pushes the score up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10.

Cost burden runs 40% against 29.6% citywide, putting Longfellow 10.2% over its own city. On the high side is eviction-process difficulty at 8.4/10.

66% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building two streets over. Average gross rent is $2,163, 26% below the Emeryville average of $2,936.

The severe-burden share is 17%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. Running hot is rent-regulation exposure at 8.2/10.

The 2 tracts here are tightly clustered, 0.8 points apart at the extremes. Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $128,802.

With little internal variation, 9.6/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score
9.6
High
2 tracts · population-weighted
Longfellow vs Emeryville How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
39.8% +34%
Emeryville: 29.6%
Average gross rent
$2,163 -26%
Emeryville: $2,936
Average HH income
$128,802 +7%
Emeryville: $120,302
Poverty rate
15.8% +65%
Emeryville: 9.6%
Renter share
65.9% -13%
Emeryville: 75.8%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

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Geographic context

Risk heat across Longfellow and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 2 tracts span score 9.1–9.9

Why Longfellow scores 9.6

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 6.8–6.8 across tracts
6.8
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 8.1–8.1 across tracts
8.1
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 7.5–9.7 across tracts
8.8
Rent control risk
40% of income on rent · Range 5.5–10.0 across tracts
8.2
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 6.7–9.5 across tracts
8.4
Tenant organizing strength
66% renter households · Range 9.5–9.8 across tracts
9.6
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 5.3–9.5 across tracts
7.9
Economic stress
15.8% below poverty line · Range 3.5–4.2 across tracts
3.9
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 2.3–4.3 across tracts
3.1
Risk score comparison

Longfellow vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Longfellow score vs. parent city, state, U.S.9.6LongfellowNeighborhood8.9Parent cityhost city7.6Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

2 tracts in Longfellow

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract↕ Score↕ Pop↕ % over 30% on rent↕ Average rent↕
06001401000 9.9 6,277 42% $1,955
06001425104 9.1 4,014 37% $2,487
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 49

Pop-weighted across 2 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 39%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 9%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 75%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 83%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Longfellow

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Longfellow

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Longfellow?

Longfellow scores 9.6/10 (High tier) across 2 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2

How does Longfellow compare to Emeryville overall?

Longfellow scores 0.7 points higher than Emeryville overall (8.9/10). Renters spend 40% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $2,163 vs $2,936.
Q3

What is the average rent in Longfellow?

Average gross rent in Longfellow is $2,163/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Longfellow residents are renters?

66% of Longfellow households are renter-occupied (vs 76% in Emeryville). The neighborhood has 10,291 residents.
Q5

Is Longfellow a high social-vulnerability area?

Longfellow sits in the 49th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

Which tracts in Longfellow have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Longfellow is census tract 06001401000 (score 9.9/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 9.1 to 9.9, a spread of 0.8 points.
Q7

How safe is Longfellow for landlords?

Longfellow carries a high-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (9.6/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Emeryville as a whole (8.9/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Longfellow?

Longfellow has 10,599 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (36%), Black (non-Hispanic) (29.5%), Hispanic / Latino (13.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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