Neighborhood · Ranked #4,119 of 84,120 nationally

Ragsdale Eviction Risk: High , Merced

Tract 06047001401 · Merced, CA · pop 3,336 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Census tract 06047001401 covers part of the Ragsdale area of Merced, CA, and scores 9/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,336. Severe burden reaches 46%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 36% Stable renters 23% Owners 41%

Tract context

Occupied units1,433

Renter share59.3%

SVI overall0.97

Poverty rate39.4%

Median income$39,042

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Merced and the region

Centroid at 37.2987, -120.4642 · click any tract to drill in

Why Ragsdale scores 9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Merced

6.0

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.5

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

39.4% poverty · this tract

9.8

Supply constraint

$1,197 rent vs county FMR

2.9

Rent control risk

Inherited from Merced

7.3

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Merced

9.4

Housing court bias

Inherited from Merced

7.8

How Ragsdale compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 97

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

82%Socioeconomic
95%Household composition
79%Racial/ethnic minority
98%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Ragsdale. 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.

27.3%Housing insecurity
16.6%Utility-shutoff threat
36.6%Food insecurity
38.2%SNAP enrollment
18.2%Transit barriers
19.1%No health insurance
21.1%Frequent mental distress
41.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Ragsdale

Cost burden runs 61% here against 43.3% across Merced County. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 9.8/10.

Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.4/10. The poverty rate is 39%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Food insecurity runs 36.6% against 17.8% nationally. Annualized rent equals 37% of average household income of $39,042, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. It sits 1.9 points above the Merced County average of 7.1.

On the high side, housing-court posture reads 7.8/10. Average gross rent is $1,197, 14% below the Merced average. Adults with no health insurance runs 19.1% against 11.3% nationally.

That is riskier than roughly 95% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.7/10. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06047001401

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06047001401?

Census tract 06047001401 in the Ragsdale neighborhood scores 9/10 (High tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 06047001401?

Median gross rent is $1,197/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06047001401?

39.4% of residents in tract 06047001401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,336.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06047001401?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 95th, minority 79th, housing 98th.

Is tract 06047001401 considered part of Ragsdale?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06047001401 fall within Ragsdale (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06047001401 struggle to pay rent?

About 27.3% 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. 16.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06047001401 compare to Merced overall?

Tract 06047001401 scores 9/10, higher than the parent city of Merced at 7.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Merced; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Merced

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