Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #11,153 of 84,120 nationally
Castroville Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 06053010400 · Monterey, CA · pop 6,620
Tract 06053010400 sits in Castroville, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.3/10. It is home to 6,620 residents. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10.
Risk score
7.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 32%
Owners 43%
Tract context
Occupied units1,531
Renter share57.1%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate14.6%
Median income$90,486
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
48
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
48
th percentile
Moderate
National
87
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Castroville and the region
Centroid at 36.7648, -121.7534 · click any tract to drill in
Why Castroville scores 7.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Castroville
8.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.1
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
14.6% poverty · this tract
3.6
Supply constraint
$1,593 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Castroville
6.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Castroville
9.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Castroville
6.4
How Castroville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 95
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 83%Socioeconomic
- 95%Household composition
- 93%Racial/ethnic minority
- 90%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.
- 28.8%Housing insecurity
- 13.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 36.0%Food insecurity
- 29.9%SNAP enrollment
- 17.0%Transit barriers
- 27.5%No health insurance
- 19.4%Frequent mental distress
- 37.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Castroville
Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1/10. Food insecurity runs 36.0% against 17.8% nationally.
Adults with no health insurance runs 27.5% against 11.3% nationally. 18% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 1.7/10. Cost burden runs 44% here against 51.7% across Monterey County.
At $1,593 a month, rents run 18% under what the rest of Castroville commands. Nationally it ranks #11,153 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 9.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Monterey County average of 7.2 closely.
Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $90,486.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 06053010400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06053010400?
Census tract 06053010400 in Castroville scores 7.3/10 (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 06053010400?
Median gross rent is $1,593/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06053010400?
14.6% of residents in tract 06053010400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,620.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06053010400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 95th, minority 93th, housing 90th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06053010400 struggle to pay rent?
About 28.8% 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. 13.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06053010400 compare to Castroville overall?
Tract 06053010400 scores 7.3/10, higher than the parent city of Castroville at 6.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Castroville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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