Skip to content
Census Tract · Ranked #7,456 of 84,120 nationally

Seaside Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 06053014108 · Monterey, CA · pop 5,137 · 91% of tract blocks fall in Seaside

Census tract 06053014108 covers Seaside, home to 5,137 residents. For landlords it grades $1/10, an elevated reading. That is riskier than about 76% of US census tracts.

72% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 43% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,775 monthly, set against $80,598 in average yearly household income, roughly 41% of income at the averages. Renters make up 82% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
6.5
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 59% Stable renters 23% Owners 18%
Tract context
Occupied units1,865
Renter share81.9%
SVI overall0.63
Poverty rate7.9%
Median income$80,598

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
29 th percentile
Rank, 29th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 8 tracts In Seaside
Low
Within county
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#27 of 103 tracts In Monterey
Elevated
Within state
68 th percentile
Rank, 68th percentileLowHigh
#2,892 of 9,109 tracts In California
Elevated
National
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#7,456 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Seaside and the region

Centroid at 36.6439, -121.8234 · click any tract to drill in

Why Seaside scores 6.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Seaside
8.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.1
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
7.9% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$2,775 rent vs county FMR
4.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Seaside
8.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Seaside
9.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Seaside
7.8

How Seaside compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Seaside risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.56.5This tracttract 014108Seaside: 8.28.2Seasideparent cityCounty: 5.65.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.65.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 63

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Seaside

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.7/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Seaside, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Monterey County average of 5.6 and in line with the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 63rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

In CDC survey modeling, about 13.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 06053014108

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06053014108?

Census tract 06053014108 in Seaside scores 6.5/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 06053014108?

Median gross rent is $2,775/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 72% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06053014108?

7.9% of residents in tract 06053014108 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,137.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06053014108?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 52th, household 47th, minority 69th, housing 73th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 06053014108 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.7% 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. 7.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 06053014108 compare to Seaside overall?

Tract 06053014108 scores 6.5/10, lower than the parent city of Seaside at 8.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Seaside; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Seaside

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

Related