Chinatown Eviction Risk: High
7 census tracts · pop 28,549 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 8.3/10 · range 7–9.3
Chinatown takes in 7 census tracts of Salinas, CA, population 28,549. Scored across those inputs it reaches 8.3/10, placing it in the High tier. 49% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, markedly above the Salinas rate of 32.2%.
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.3/10. 25% 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. Scores across the 7 constituent tracts range from 7 to 9.3. A 2.3-point internal spread means block-level underwriting beats area-level here.
Running cool is supply constraint, at 1.3/10. The poverty rate is 18%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. 20.4% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt.
Food insecurity affects 29.0% of adults, 11.2 points above the national rate. On the high side is rent-regulation exposure at 7.3/10.
Average gross rent is $1,853, 7% below the Salinas average of $1,991. That places it #3 of 9 neighborhoods in Salinas.
For a like-for-like read, Sunset and Natividad score within a fraction of it. Social vulnerability runs high at 8.6/10, 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 $81,988.
65% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 8.3 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk
Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Risk heat across Chinatown and the region
Click any tract to drill in · 7 tracts span score 7–9.3
Why Chinatown scores 8.3
9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendlyChinatown vs. parent city, state, U.S.
Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).
How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Chinatown?
Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.
7 tracts in Chinatown
Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.
| Tract↕ | Score↕ | Pop↕ | % over 30% on rent↕ | Average rent↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06053000501 | 9.3 | 5,231 | 62% | $1,782 |
| 06053001300 | 9.3 | 2,562 | 43% | $1,548 |
| 06053001802 | 8.7 | 5,436 | 47% | $2,027 |
| 06053001200 | 8.6 | 3,356 | 38% | $1,824 |
| 06053001700 | 7.6 | 4,441 | 46% | $1,728 |
| 06053001400 | 7.6 | 3,030 | 53% | $1,847 |
| 06053001801 | 7 | 4,493 | 48% | $2,047 |
CDC SVI percentile: 84
Pop-weighted across 7 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Chinatown
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
- 24.6%Housing insecurity
- 12.3%Utility shutoff threat
- 30.5%Food insecurity
- 26.9%SNAP enrollment
- 21.4%No health insurance
- 34.9%Any disability
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