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Neighborhood · Ranked #5,413 of 84,120 nationally

Old Town Eviction Risk: High , Eureka

Tract 06023000100 · Humboldt, CA · pop 4,680 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

With a score of 8.5/10, tract 06023000100 in the Old Town area of Eureka, CA reads high for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,680. The severe-burden share is 44%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
8.5
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 65% Stable renters 17% Owners 18%
Tract context
Occupied units1,935
Renter share82.5%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate29.4%
Median income$37,985

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Old Town
Very High
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 7 tracts In Eureka
Very High
Within county
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 35 tracts In Humboldt
High
Within state
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#2,547 of 9,109 tracts In California
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Eureka and the region

Centroid at 40.8040, -124.1718 · click any tract to drill in

Why Old Town scores 8.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Eureka
7.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.7
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
29.4% poverty · this tract
7.3
Supply constraint
$1,118 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Eureka
8.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Eureka
9.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Eureka
7.8

How Old Town compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Old Town risk score vs. parent city / county / state8.5This tracttract 0001007.1Eurekaparent city7.0Countyavg tract in county7.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 92

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Old Town. 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 Old Town

Cost burden runs 79% here against 51.6% across Humboldt County. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.3/10.

This is renter territory: 82% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Set annual rent against average income of $37,985 and the ratio lands at 35%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.

The poverty rate is 29%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. SNAP participation runs 29.8% against 15.2% nationally.

Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.1/10. It sits 1.5 points above the Humboldt County average of 7.0.

On the high side, housing-court posture reads 7.8/10. Food insecurity runs 26.0% against 17.8% nationally.

On the national scale it lands near the 94th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

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 06023000100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06023000100?

Census tract 06023000100 in the Old Town neighborhood scores 8.5/10 (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 06023000100?

Median gross rent is $1,118/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 79% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06023000100?

29.4% of residents in tract 06023000100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,680.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06023000100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 48th, minority 58th, housing 97th.
Q5

Is tract 06023000100 considered part of Old Town?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06023000100 fall within Old Town (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06023000100 struggle to pay rent?

About 20.2% 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. 13.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06023000100 compare to Eureka overall?

Tract 06023000100 scores 8.5/10, higher than the parent city of Eureka at 7.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Eureka; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Eureka

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

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