Skip to content
Neighborhood · Oakland, CA

Eastlake Eviction Risk: High

3 census tracts · pop 9,950 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 9.9/10 · range 9.9–9.9

Eastlake spans 3 census tracts of Oakland, CA and houses 9,950 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 9.9/10, in the High tier. What pushes the score up most is rent-regulation exposure at 10/10.

Against a Oakland baseline of 30.6%, 43% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line. Running hot is eviction-process difficulty at 9.5/10. This is a renter market: 84% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

On the high side is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10. Severe burden reaches 25%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears.

At $1,853 a month, rents sit 6% under what the rest of Oakland commands. Among the 45 mapped neighborhoods of Oakland, it ranks #1 by risk, the upper third. Its 3 tracts score within 0 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses.

Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $88,158.

With little internal variation, 9.9/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
9.9
High
3 tracts · population-weighted
Eastlake vs Oakland How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
43.1% +41%
Oakland: 30.6%
Average gross rent
$1,853 -6%
Oakland: $1,979
Average HH income
$88,158 -9%
Oakland: $97,369
Poverty rate
15.1% +10%
Oakland: 13.7%
Renter share
83.6% +45%
Oakland: 57.7%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Eastlake and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 3 tracts span score 9.9–9.9

Why Eastlake scores 9.9

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 9.7–9.7 across tracts
9.7
Rent control risk
43% of income on rent · Range 10.0–10.0 across tracts
10.0
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 9.5–9.5 across tracts
9.5
Tenant organizing strength
84% renter households · Range 9.5–9.5 across tracts
9.5
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 9.5–9.5 across tracts
9.5
Economic stress
15.1% below poverty line · Range 3.5–4.3 across tracts
3.8
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.5–2.6 across tracts
1.9
Risk score comparison

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

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Eastlake score vs. parent city, state, U.S.9.9EastlakeNeighborhood9.6Parent cityhost city7.6Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Eastlake?

Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.

Score distribution
0246810
Spread of 0 points from 9.9 to 9.9. Tracts are relatively uniform, so conditions feel similar throughout the neighborhood.
Tracts as heat grid
Each square = one census tract. Color tracks the same green→red ramp as the chloropleth map above.
Census tracts

3 tracts in Eastlake

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

Tract↕ Score↕ Pop↕ % over 30% on rent↕ Average rent↕
06001405401 9.9 3,541 48% $1,829
06001405500 9.9 3,537 42% $1,734
06001405301 9.9 2,872 39% $2,030
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 67

Pop-weighted across 3 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 61%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 38%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 78%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 78%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Eastlake

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

Frequently asked

About Eastlake

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Eastlake?

Eastlake scores 9.9/10 (High tier) across 3 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 Eastlake compare to Oakland overall?

Eastlake scores 0.3 points higher than Oakland overall (9.6/10). Renters spend 43% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,853 vs $1,979.
Q3

What is the average rent in Eastlake?

Average gross rent in Eastlake is $1,853/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Eastlake residents are renters?

84% of Eastlake households are renter-occupied (vs 58% in Oakland). The neighborhood has 9,950 residents.
Q5

Is Eastlake a high social-vulnerability area?

Eastlake sits in the 67th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately 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 Eastlake have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Eastlake is census tract 06001405401 (score 9.9/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 9.9 to 9.9, a spread of 0 points.
Q7

How safe is Eastlake for landlords?

Eastlake carries a high-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (9.9/10). Pop-weighted across 3 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Oakland as a whole (9.6/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Eastlake?

Eastlake has 10,241 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (28.6%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (27.9%), Hispanic / Latino (20.1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
Nearby

Other neighborhoods near Eastlake

Sibling neighborhoods

Other neighborhoods inside Oakland

Same parent city, ranked by score similarity to Eastlake.

Zoom out

Up the geography chain · or explore further