Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #6,848 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 06047000903 Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 06047000903 · Merced, CA · pop 4,903
Census tract 06047000903 belongs to Merced in Merced County, California. It is home to 4,903 residents and scores 5.7/10, a moderate reading for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #28,499 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 46% of renter households, a severe level, and 39% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,242 monthly, set against $52,083 in average yearly household income, roughly 29% of income at the averages. About 20% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
6.6
Elevated
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units1,257
Renter share20.4%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate16.4%
Median income$52,083
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
39
th percentile
Low
Within state
70
th percentile
Elevated
National
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Merced and the region
Centroid at 37.3147, -120.5474 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 06047000903 scores 6.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
6.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.5
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
16.4% poverty · this tract
4.1
Supply constraint
$1,242 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
State baseline
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 06047000903 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 89
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 82%Socioeconomic
- 95%Household composition
- 74%Racial/ethnic minority
- 69%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.
- 27.5%Housing insecurity
- 15.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 37.2%Food insecurity
- 36.3%SNAP enrollment
- 17.9%Transit barriers
- 20.3%No health insurance
- 20.9%Frequent mental distress
- 40.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 06047000903
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 6.8/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are set by California eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Merced County average of 6.0 and below the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 27.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 15.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and White and ranks around the 89th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 06047000903
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06047000903?
Census tract 06047000903 in Merced scores 6.6/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 06047000903?
Median gross rent is $1,242/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06047000903?
16.4% of residents in tract 06047000903 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,903.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06047000903?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 95th, minority 74th, housing 69th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06047000903 struggle to pay rent?
About 27.5% 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. 15.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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