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Census Tract · Ranked #34,332 of 84,120 nationally

Blythe Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 06065981000 · Riverside, CA · pop 5,654

The Elevated-tier score of $1/10 for census tract 06065981000 reflects conditions in Blythe in Riverside County, California. It lands near the 76th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 45% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0% Stable renters 0% Owners 100%
Tract context
SVI overall-10.00

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 7 tracts In Blythe
Very Low
Within county
31 th percentile
Rank, 31st percentileLowHigh
#356 of 518 tracts In Riverside
Low
Within state
29 th percentile
Rank, 29th percentileLowHigh
#6,499 of 9,109 tracts In California
Low
National
59 th percentile
Rank, 59th percentileLowHigh
#34,332 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Blythe and the region

Centroid at 33.5615, -114.9127 · click any tract to drill in

Why Blythe scores 4.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Blythe
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
this tract poverty rate
3.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Blythe
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Blythe
8.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Blythe
7.3

How Blythe compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Blythe risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.44.4This tracttract 981000Blythe: 8.58.5Blytheparent cityCounty: 5.15.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.65.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: -1,000

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 Blythe

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 8.2/10. 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 Blythe, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Riverside County average of 6.2 and in line with the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 35.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 20.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 1000th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

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 06065981000

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06065981000?

Census tract 06065981000 in Blythe scores 4.4/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

How socially vulnerable is tract 06065981000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the -1000th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic -1000th, household -1000th, minority 88th, housing -1000th.
Q3

What share of households in tract 06065981000 struggle to pay rent?

About 35.8% 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. 20.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q4

How does tract 06065981000 compare to Blythe overall?

Tract 06065981000 scores 4.4/10, lower than the parent city of Blythe at 8.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Blythe; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Blythe

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

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