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Neighborhood · Salinas, CA

Alisal Eviction Risk: High

6 census tracts · pop 29,387 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 8.8/10 · range 7–9.3

Alisal spans 6 census tracts of Salinas, CA and houses 29,387 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 8.8/10, placing it in the High tier. Against a Salinas baseline of 32.2%, 56% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.

Food insecurity affects 43.6% of adults, 25.8 points above the national rate. 31% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 34.3% of adults, against 14.2% nationally.

The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.3/10. On the softer side is supply constraint, at 1.1/10.

Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 7 to 9.3, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk. The poverty rate is 22%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

At $1,676 a month, rents sit 16% under what the rest of Salinas commands. On the high side is rent-regulation exposure at 7.3/10.

Among the 9 mapped neighborhoods of Salinas, it ranks #2 by risk, the upper third. For a like-for-like read, Natividad and Sunset score within a fraction of it.

Social vulnerability runs high at 9.4/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input. Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $73,334.

For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 8.8 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
8.8
High
6 tracts · population-weighted
Alisal vs Salinas How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
56.0% +74%
Salinas: 32.2%
Average gross rent
$1,676 -16%
Salinas: $1,991
Average HH income
$73,334 -18%
Salinas: $89,150
Poverty rate
21.7% +52%
Salinas: 14.3%
Renter share
63.1% +19%
Salinas: 53.0%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Alisal and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 6 tracts span score 7–9.3

Why Alisal scores 8.8

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 6.8–6.8 across tracts
6.8
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 7.1–7.1 across tracts
7.1
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 8.2–8.2 across tracts
8.2
Rent control risk
56% of income on rent · Range 7.3–7.3 across tracts
7.3
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 6.8–6.8 across tracts
6.8
Tenant organizing strength
63% renter households · Range 9.3–9.3 across tracts
9.3
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 7.0–7.0 across tracts
7.0
Economic stress
21.7% below poverty line · Range 1.6–7.4 across tracts
5.4
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.0–5.0 across tracts
1.1
Risk score comparison

Alisal vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Alisal score vs. parent city, state, U.S.Alisal: 8.88.8AlisalNeighborhoodParent city: 7.97.9Parent cityhost cityState: 7.67.6Stateavg in stateU.S.: 5.15.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Alisal?

Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.

Score distribution
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Spread of 2.3 points from 7 to 9.3. This neighborhood crosses multiple risk tiers, so block-by-block conditions vary substantially.
Tracts as heat grid
Each square = one census tract. Color tracks the same green→red ramp as the chloropleth map above.
Census tracts

6 tracts in Alisal

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
06053000600 9.3 7,103 79% $1,630
06053000701 9.3 5,666 62% $1,692
06053000800 9.3 5,447 52% $1,697
06053000702 8.8 6,541 49% $1,891
06053980000 7.9 10
06053010605 7 4,620 28% $1,399
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 93

Pop-weighted across 6 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 91%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 79%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 98%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 86%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Alisal

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Alisal

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Alisal?

Alisal scores 8.8/10 (High tier) across 6 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2

How does Alisal compare to Salinas overall?

Alisal scores 0.9 points higher than Salinas overall (7.9/10). Renters spend 56% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $1,676 vs $1,991.
Q3

What is the average rent in Alisal?

Average gross rent in Alisal is $1,676/month (pop-weighted across 6 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Alisal residents are renters?

63% of Alisal households are renter-occupied (vs 53% in Salinas). The neighborhood has 29,387 residents.
Q5

Is Alisal a high social-vulnerability area?

Alisal sits in the 93rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

Which tracts in Alisal have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Alisal is census tract 06053000600 (score 9.3/10). Across the 6 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 7 to 9.3, a spread of 2.3 points.
Q7

How safe is Alisal for landlords?

Alisal carries a high-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (8.8/10). Pop-weighted across 6 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Salinas as a whole (7.9/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Alisal?

Alisal has 29,369 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (97.4%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (1.3%), White (non-Hispanic) (1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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