Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #8,912 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 06047000904 Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 06047000904 · Merced, CA · pop 5,414
In Merced, census tract 06047000904 scores 5.8/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 70% of US census tracts.
About 43% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 30% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,373 a month while the average household earns $83,714 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. About 26% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
6.3
Elevated
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units1,440
Renter share25.6%
SVI overall0.68
Poverty rate20.7%
Median income$83,714
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
26
th percentile
Low
Within state
65
th percentile
Elevated
National
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Merced and the region
Centroid at 37.3362, -120.5542 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 06047000904 scores 6.3
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
20.7% poverty · this tract
5.2
Supply constraint
$1,373 rent vs county FMR
4.1
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 06047000904 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 68
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 73%Socioeconomic
- 64%Household composition
- 86%Racial/ethnic minority
- 38%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.
- 20.0%Housing insecurity
- 9.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 25.7%Food insecurity
- 21.4%SNAP enrollment
- 12.4%Transit barriers
- 15.4%No health insurance
- 18.4%Frequent mental distress
- 33.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 06047000904
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 in line with the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 20.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and Asian and ranks around the 68th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 06047000904
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06047000904?
Census tract 06047000904 in Merced scores 6.3/10 (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 06047000904?
Median gross rent is $1,373/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06047000904?
20.7% of residents in tract 06047000904 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,414.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06047000904?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 68th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 73th, household 64th, minority 86th, housing 38th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06047000904 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.0% 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. 9.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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