Chinatown Eviction Risk: Elevated , Salinas

On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.2/10. 21% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running cool, court filing pressure reads 1.7/10.

Nationally it ranks #12,919 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.5/10. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 48% of renters.

It tracks the Monterey County average of 7.2 closely. Average gross rent is $2,047, close to the Salinas average.

Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $98,438. 42% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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.