Neighborhood · Ranked #9,927 of 84,120 nationally

Harden Ranch Eviction Risk: Elevated , Salinas

Tract 06053000106 · Monterey, CA · pop 5,859 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

06053000106 is a census tract in the Harden Ranch area of Salinas, CA. It scores 7.6/10 for landlords. It is home to 5,859 residents. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.3/10.

Risk score

7.6

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 27% Stable renters 20% Owners 53%

Tract context

Occupied units1,498

Renter share46.7%

SVI overall0.56

Poverty rate8.1%

Median income$87,449

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Salinas and the region

Centroid at 36.7102, -121.6307 · click any tract to drill in

Why Harden Ranch scores 7.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Salinas

8.2

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.1

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

8.1% poverty · this tract

2.0

Supply constraint

$2,225 rent vs county FMR

2.5

Rent control risk

Inherited from Salinas

7.3

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.8

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Salinas

9.3

Housing court bias

Inherited from Salinas

7.0

How Harden Ranch compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 56

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

68%Socioeconomic
19%Household composition
92%Racial/ethnic minority
42%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Harden Ranch. 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.

19.9%Housing insecurity
8.8%Utility-shutoff threat
24.0%Food insecurity
17.9%SNAP enrollment
11.6%Transit barriers
17.9%No health insurance
16.2%Frequent mental distress
30.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Harden Ranch

29% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 1.7/10. On the high side, local political climate reads 8.2/10.

Cost burden runs 58% here against 51.7% across Monterey County. At $2,225 a month, rents run 12% over what the rest of Salinas commands.

On the national scale it lands near the 88th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.1/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

It tracks the Monterey County average of 7.2 closely. Annual rent works out to 31% of average household income of $87,449.

47% 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 06053000106

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06053000106?

Census tract 06053000106 in the Harden Ranch neighborhood scores 7.6/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 06053000106?

Median gross rent is $2,225/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06053000106?

8.1% of residents in tract 06053000106 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,859.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06053000106?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 68th, household 19th, minority 92th, housing 42th.

Is tract 06053000106 considered part of Harden Ranch?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06053000106 fall within Harden Ranch (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06053000106 struggle to pay rent?

About 19.9% 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. 8.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06053000106 compare to Salinas overall?

Tract 06053000106 scores 7.6/10, lower than the parent city of Salinas at 7.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Salinas eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Salinas

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