West Salinas Eviction Risk: Elevated

Cost burden runs 43% against 32.2% citywide, putting West Salinas 10.3% over its own city. Well under the midpoint is economic stress, at 1/10.

On the softer side is supply constraint, at 1.6/10. The severe-burden share is 10%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.

Among the 9 mapped neighborhoods of Salinas, it ranks #9 by risk, the lower third. Only 26% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin here; price renewals off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. For a like-for-like read, Creekbridge and South Salinas score within a fraction of it.

Against average income of $127,911, annual rent is only 19%, a wide affordability cushion. Poverty sits at 3%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Average gross rent runs $1,978, close to the Salinas average.

One tract means one number: 6.5/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.