Old Town Eviction Risk: High , Eureka
Tract 06023000500 · Humboldt, CA · pop 3,473 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
With a score of 8.3/10, tract 06023000500 in the Old Town area of Eureka, CA reads high for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,473. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.3/10.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across Eureka and the region
Centroid at 40.8025, -124.1514 · click any tract to drill in
Why Old Town scores 8.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow Old Town compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 90
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 78%Socioeconomic
- 81%Household composition
- 41%Racial/ethnic minority
- 98%Housing & transportation
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Old Town. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 16.6%Housing insecurity
- 10.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 21.6%Food insecurity
- 23.6%SNAP enrollment
- 12.1%Transit barriers
- 9.2%No health insurance
- 21.3%Frequent mental distress
- 36.2%Any disability
What drives eviction risk in Old Town
24% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.7/10. This is renter territory: 66% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.1/10. The poverty rate is 25%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
It sits 1.3 points above the Humboldt County average of 7.0. At $983 a month, rents run 18% under what the rest of Eureka commands. SNAP participation runs 23.6% against 15.2% nationally.
On the national scale it lands near the 92nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 0.8 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 55% of renters.
Annual rent works out to 28% of average household income of $42,122.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
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