Merced Eviction Risk: High

What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10. 57% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Merced County average of 43.3%.

Food insecurity runs 36.8% against 17.8% nationally. Annualized rent equals 35% of average household income of $47,045, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

Against the Merced County average of 7.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.9 points. The poverty rate is 27%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Running hot, housing-court posture reads 7.8/10. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.3/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 19.1% against 11.3% nationally.

Nationally it ranks #4,119 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.5/10. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $1,391, close to the Merced average.

56% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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