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Neighborhood · Oakland, CA

Piedmont Avenue Eviction Risk: Elevated

4 census tracts · pop 13,764 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.8/10 · range 5.1–9.4

Piedmont Avenue spans 4 census tracts of Oakland, CA, population 13,764. Scored across those inputs it reaches 7.8/10, placing it in the Elevated tier. Scores across the 4 constituent tracts range from 5.1 to 9.4. A 4.3-point internal spread means block-level underwriting beats area-level here.

Average gross rent is $2,744, 39% above the Oakland average of $1,979. What pushes the score up most is eviction-process difficulty at 8.5/10.

Running cool is economic stress, at 1.6/10. Severe burden reaches 15%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. 33% of renters spend 30% or more of household income on rent.

Food insecurity affects 6.9% of adults, 10.9 points below the national rate. Sitting well above the midpoint is tenant-organizing strength at 7.2/10.

3.8% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt. That places it #44 of 45 neighborhoods in Oakland. The closest comparables inside the same city are Upper Rockridge and Glenview.

Poverty sits at 7%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $163,999.

For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 7.8 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score
7.8
Elevated
4 tracts · population-weighted
Piedmont Avenue vs Oakland How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
33.4% +9%
Oakland: 30.6%
Average gross rent
$2,744 +39%
Oakland: $1,979
Average HH income
$163,999 +68%
Oakland: $97,369
Poverty rate
6.6% -52%
Oakland: 13.7%
Renter share
49.8% -14%
Oakland: 57.7%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Piedmont Avenue and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 4 tracts span score 5.1–9.4

Why Piedmont Avenue scores 7.8

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
8.9
Rent control risk
33% of income on rent · Range 1.8–10.0 across tracts
7.1
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 6.7–9.5 across tracts
8.5
Tenant organizing strength
50% renter households · Range 2.9–9.5 across tracts
7.2
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 2.2–9.5 across tracts
6.9
Economic stress
6.6% below poverty line · Range 1.5–2.0 across tracts
1.6
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 2.9–8.1 across tracts
5.2
Risk score comparison

Piedmont Avenue vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Piedmont Avenue score vs. parent city, state, U.S.Piedmont Avenue: 7.87.8Piedmont AvenueNeighborhoodParent city: 9.69.6Parent cityhost cityState: 7.67.6Stateavg in stateU.S.: 5.15.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Piedmont Avenue?

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

Score distribution
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Spread of 4.3 points from 5.1 to 9.4. This neighborhood crosses multiple risk tiers, so block-by-block conditions vary substantially.
Tracts as heat grid
Each square = one census tract. Color tracks the same green→red ramp as the chloropleth map above.
Census tracts

4 tracts in Piedmont Avenue

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

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
06001404102 9.4 2,701 44% $2,130
06001401200 9.3 2,994 43% $2,500
06001404101 9 3,208 46% $2,343
06001426200 5.1 4,861 13% $3,501
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 24

Pop-weighted across 4 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 13%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 36%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 53%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 52%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Piedmont Avenue

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

Frequently asked

About Piedmont Avenue

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Piedmont Avenue?

Piedmont Avenue scores 7.8/10 (Elevated tier) across 4 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 Piedmont Avenue compare to Oakland overall?

Piedmont Avenue scores 1.8 points lower than Oakland overall (9.6/10). Renters spend 33% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $2,744 vs $1,979.
Q3

What is the average rent in Piedmont Avenue?

Average gross rent in Piedmont Avenue is $2,744/month (pop-weighted across 4 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Piedmont Avenue residents are renters?

50% of Piedmont Avenue households are renter-occupied (vs 58% in Oakland). The neighborhood has 13,764 residents.
Q5

Is Piedmont Avenue a high social-vulnerability area?

Piedmont Avenue sits in the 24th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

Which tracts in Piedmont Avenue have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Piedmont Avenue is census tract 06001404102 (score 9.4/10). Across the 4 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.1 to 9.4, a spread of 4.3 points.
Q7

How safe is Piedmont Avenue for landlords?

Piedmont Avenue carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.8/10). Pop-weighted across 4 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 lower-risk.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Piedmont Avenue?

Piedmont Avenue has 13,698 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (61.8%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (14.9%), Hispanic / Latino (10%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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