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Neighborhood · Ranked #17,650 of 84,120 nationally

Royal Oaks Eviction Risk: Elevated , Prunedale

Tract 06053010202 · Monterey, CA · pop 3,932 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

Tract 06053010202 sits in the Royal Oaks area of Prunedale, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.1/10. Population here is 3,932. Against Monterey County at 51.7%, 80% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
6.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24% Stable renters 6% Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units1,276
Renter share30.5%
SVI overall0.76
Poverty rate9.0%
Median income$80,111

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Royal Oaks
Very High
Within parent city
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 5 tracts In Prunedale
High
Within county
18 th percentile
Rank, 18th percentileLowHigh
#85 of 103 tracts In Monterey
Very Low
Within state
24 th percentile
Rank, 24th percentileLowHigh
#6,893 of 9,109 tracts In California
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Prunedale and the region

Centroid at 36.8474, -121.6842 · click any tract to drill in

Why Royal Oaks scores 6.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Prunedale
8.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.1
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
9.0% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,816 rent vs county FMR
1.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Prunedale
6.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Prunedale
5.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Prunedale
5.6

How Royal Oaks compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Royal Oaks risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.16.1This tracttract 010202Prunedale: 6.16.1Prunedaleparent cityCounty: 7.27.2Countyavg tract in countyState: 7.57.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 76

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Royal Oaks. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Royal Oaks

Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1.1/10. On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 1.7/10. Running hot, local political climate reads 8.2/10.

Against the Monterey County average of 7.2, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.1 points. At $1,816 a month, rents run 12% over what the rest of Prunedale commands. On the national scale it lands near the 79th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Social vulnerability reads 7.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.4 points cooler.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $80,111.

30% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 06053010202

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06053010202?

Census tract 06053010202 in the Royal Oaks neighborhood scores 6.1/10 (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 06053010202?

Median gross rent is $1,816/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 80% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06053010202?

9.0% of residents in tract 06053010202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,932.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06053010202?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 76th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 41th, minority 72th, housing 78th.
Q5

Is tract 06053010202 considered part of Royal Oaks?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06053010202 fall within Royal Oaks (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06053010202 struggle to pay rent?

About 19.0% 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. 9.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06053010202 compare to Prunedale overall?

Tract 06053010202 scores 6.1/10, right in line with the parent city of Prunedale at 6.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Prunedale; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Prunedale

Top eight tracts in Prunedale ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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