Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #9,433 of 84,120 nationally
Gonzales Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 06053010804 · Monterey, CA · pop 5,268 · 48% of tract blocks fall in Gonzales
Tract 06053010804 sits in Gonzales, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.7/10. Population here is 5,268. The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1/10.
Risk score
7.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 31%
Owners 44%
Tract context
Occupied units1,500
Renter share56.5%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate11.3%
Median income$62,168
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
65
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
56
th percentile
Elevated
National
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Gonzales and the region
Centroid at 36.4924, -121.4790 · click any tract to drill in
Why Gonzales scores 7.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Gonzales
7.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.1
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
11.3% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,373 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Gonzales
8.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Gonzales
8.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Gonzales
6.3
How Gonzales compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 79
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 77%Socioeconomic
- 42%Household composition
- 92%Racial/ethnic minority
- 79%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
- 14.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 36.7%Food insecurity
- 33.0%SNAP enrollment
- 17.7%Transit barriers
- 25.5%No health insurance
- 19.0%Frequent mental distress
- 38.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Gonzales
Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.4/10. Severe burden reaches 20%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Housing insecurity runs 28.8% against 14.2% nationally.
On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 1.7/10. Against Monterey County at 51.7%, 44% of renters here are cost-burdened. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 14.8% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
At $1,373 a month, rents run 10% under what the rest of Gonzales commands. Nationally it ranks #9,433 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 8.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Monterey County average of 7.2 closely.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 06053010804
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06053010804?
Census tract 06053010804 in Gonzales scores 7.7/10 (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 06053010804?
Median gross rent is $1,373/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06053010804?
11.3% of residents in tract 06053010804 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,268.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06053010804?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 42th, minority 92th, housing 79th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06053010804 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. 14.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06053010804 compare to Gonzales overall?
Tract 06053010804 scores 7.7/10, higher than the parent city of Gonzales at 6.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Gonzales; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Gonzales
Top eight tracts in Gonzales ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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