Within parent city
91
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #1,107 of 84,120 nationally
Merced Eviction Risk: High
Tract 06047001700 · Merced, CA · pop 7,308 · 89% of tract blocks fall in Merced
Tract 06047001700 covers Merced in Merced County in California. Home to 7,308 residents, it scores $1/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 95% of US census tracts.
About 56% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,251 a month while the average household earns $48,527 a year, roughly 31% of income at the averages. Renters make up 54% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
8.5
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units2,191
Renter share53.9%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate37.1%
Median income$48,527
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
94
th percentile
Very High
Within state
95
th percentile
Very High
National
99
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Merced and the region
Centroid at 37.2875, -120.4452 · click any tract to drill in
Why Merced scores 8.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
37.1% poverty · this tract
9.3
Supply constraint
$1,251 rent vs county FMR
3.3
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 Merced compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 93
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 85%Socioeconomic
- 92%Household composition
- 80%Racial/ethnic minority
- 87%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.
- 29.1%Housing insecurity
- 17.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 39.3%Food insecurity
- 40.4%SNAP enrollment
- 19.3%Transit barriers
- 20.2%No health insurance
- 21.5%Frequent mental distress
- 41.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Merced
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.4/10. 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 inherited from Merced, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Merced County average of 6.0 and above the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 29.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 17.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 93rd 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, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 06047001700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06047001700?
Census tract 06047001700 in Merced scores 8.5/10 (High tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 06047001700?
Median gross rent is $1,251/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06047001700?
37.1% of residents in tract 06047001700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,308.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06047001700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 92th, minority 80th, housing 87th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06047001700 struggle to pay rent?
About 29.1% 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. 17.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06047001700 compare to Merced overall?
Tract 06047001700 scores 8.5/10, right in line with the parent city of Merced at 8.6/10. 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.
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