Piedmont Avenue Eviction Risk: Moderate , Oakland

Against the Alameda County average of 7.8, this tract reads safer for landlords by 2.7 points. The voucher gap is 30.5%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.

The clearest offset is economic stress at 1.6/10. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.8/10.

On the high side, regional political climate reads 8.1/10. Food insecurity runs 5.6% against 17.8% nationally.

9% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.0% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Oakland. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

Nationally it ranks #31,049 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 16% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

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