Within parent city
5
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #16,850 of 84,120 nationally
Merced Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 06047002602 · Merced, CA · pop 4,263 · 45% of tract blocks fall in Merced
Census tract 06047002602 belongs to Merced in Merced County, California. It is home to 4,263 residents and scores 6.3/10, an elevated reading for landlords. It lands near the 84th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 54% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 32% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,796 a month against an average household income of $116,641 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 23% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units1,263
Renter share23.4%
SVI overall0.33
Poverty rate9.3%
Median income$116,641
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
10
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
51
th percentile
Moderate
National
80
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Merced and the region
Centroid at 37.3159, -120.4080 · click any tract to drill in
Why Merced scores 5.6
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
9.3% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,796 rent vs county FMR
6.9
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 Merced compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 33
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 49%Socioeconomic
- 19%Household composition
- 72%Racial/ethnic minority
- 20%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.
- 13.3%Housing insecurity
- 7.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.6%Food insecurity
- 13.2%SNAP enrollment
- 8.7%Transit barriers
- 8.9%No health insurance
- 16.5%Frequent mental distress
- 28.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Merced
What moves this score most is 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 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 riskier side for landlords.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and White and ranks around the 33rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 13.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
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 06047002602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06047002602?
Census tract 06047002602 in Merced scores 5.6/10 (Moderate 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 06047002602?
Median gross rent is $1,796/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06047002602?
9.3% of residents in tract 06047002602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,263.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06047002602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 33th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 19th, minority 72th, housing 20th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06047002602 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.3% 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. 7.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06047002602 compare to Merced overall?
Tract 06047002602 scores 5.6/10, lower than 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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