Martinez Eviction Risk: Elevated

At $1,529 a month, rents run 35% under what the rest of Martinez commands. 78% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.

The poverty rate is 30%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. SNAP participation runs 29.7% against 15.2% nationally.

17% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running hot, economic stress reads 7.6/10. Food insecurity runs 28.7% against 17.8% nationally.

On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10. Against the Contra Costa County average of 6.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points. Nationally it ranks #9,433 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Social vulnerability reads 8.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

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.