Census Tract · Ranked #12,481 of 84,120 nationally

Union City Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 06001440100 · Alameda, CA · pop 2,661 · 62% of tract blocks fall in Union City

06001440100 is a census tract in Union City, CA. It scores 7.1/10 for landlords. 41% 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

7.1

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 21% Owners 58%

Tract context

Occupied units975

Renter share42.5%

SVI overall0.65

Poverty rate13.2%

Median income$104,861

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Union City and the region

Centroid at 37.6164, -121.9815 · click any tract to drill in

Why Union City scores 7.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Union City

8.3

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

8.1

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

13.2% poverty · this tract

3.3

Supply constraint

$2,833 rent vs county FMR

5.6

Rent control risk

Inherited from Union City

5.4

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.6

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Union City

4.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Union City

5.6

How Union City compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 65

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

23%Socioeconomic
69%Household composition
73%Racial/ethnic minority
94%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

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.

8.9%Housing insecurity
4.5%Utility-shutoff threat
11.7%Food insecurity
9.5%SNAP enrollment
6.3%Transit barriers
6.3%No health insurance
12.9%Frequent mental distress
32.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Union City

What pushes it up most is local political climate at 8.3/10. Set annual rent against average income of $104,861 and the ratio lands at 32%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.

Running hot, regional political climate reads 8.1/10. Running cool, court filing pressure reads 2.1/10.

50% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Alameda County average of 45.5%. Against the Alameda County average of 7.8, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.7 points.

On the national scale it lands near the 85th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 6.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

Average gross rent is $2,833, close to the Union City average. 42% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 06001440100

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06001440100?

Census tract 06001440100 in Union City scores 7.1/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 06001440100?

Median gross rent is $2,833/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06001440100?

13.2% of residents in tract 06001440100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,661.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06001440100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 23th, household 69th, minority 73th, housing 94th.

What share of households in tract 06001440100 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.9% 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. 4.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06001440100 compare to Union City overall?

Tract 06001440100 scores 7.1/10, higher than the parent city of Union City at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Union City; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Union City

Top eight tracts in Union City ranked by composite eviction-risk score.