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Neighborhood · Ranked #5,730 of 84,120 nationally

Laurel Eviction Risk: High , Oakland

Tract 06001408000 · Alameda, CA · pop 2,860 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

Tract 06001408000 sits in the Laurel area of Oakland eviction risk, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8.4/10. It is home to 2,860 residents. 43% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
8.4
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8% Stable renters 6% Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units1,019
Renter share13.9%
SVI overall0.34
Poverty rate1.7%
Median income$207,750

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 5 tracts In Laurel
Very Low
Within parent city
1 th percentile
Rank, 1st percentileLowHigh
#115 of 116 tracts In Oakland
Very Low
Within county
56 th percentile
Rank, 56th percentileLowHigh
#167 of 378 tracts In Alameda
Elevated
Within state
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#2,744 of 9,109 tracts In California
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Oakland and the region

Centroid at 37.8030, -122.1829 · click any tract to drill in

Why Laurel scores 8.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Oakland
9.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.1
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
1.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$3,501 rent vs county FMR
8.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Oakland
10.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
9.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Oakland
9.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Oakland
9.5

How Laurel compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Laurel risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 8.48.4This tracttract 408000Oakland: 9.69.6Oaklandparent cityCounty: 7.87.8Countyavg tract in countyState: 7.57.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 34

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: A: Best

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

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 Laurel. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Laurel

The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 10/10. At $3,501 a month, rents run 77% over what the rest of Oakland commands.

Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 9.7/10. On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10.

The voucher gap is 30.5%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Cost burden runs 55% here against 45.5% across Alameda County. SNAP participation runs 5.2% against 15.2% nationally.

Against the Alameda County average of 7.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.6 points. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.4% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground A ("Best"). 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.

Nationally it ranks #5,730 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 14% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.1/10.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06001408000

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06001408000?

Census tract 06001408000 in the Laurel neighborhood scores 8.4/10 (High tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 06001408000?

Median gross rent is $3,501/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06001408000?

1.7% of residents in tract 06001408000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,860.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06001408000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 34th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 49th, minority 57th, housing 65th.
Q5

Is tract 06001408000 considered part of Laurel?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06001408000 fall within Laurel (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06001408000 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.3% 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. 3.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06001408000 compare to Oakland overall?

Tract 06001408000 scores 8.4/10, lower than the parent city of Oakland at 9.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Oakland eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 06001408000 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 0% 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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