4 census tracts · pop 13,293 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.2/10
· range 6.8–7.4
Royal Palms takes in 4 census tracts of Cathedral City, CA, population 13,293. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 7.2/10, Elevated tier. Cost burden runs 58% against 35.8% citywide, putting Royal Palms 22.2% over its own city.
Annualized rent equals 37% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with. The severe-burden share is 25%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
Pulling the other way is supply constraint, at 1.8/10. SNAP participation is 26.4% of households versus 15.2% nationally.
The poverty rate is 17%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. 19.7% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt.
Social vulnerability runs high at 8.4/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input. Its 4 tracts score within 0.6 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses.
Average gross rent runs $1,570, close to the Cathedral City average. 64% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
7.2
Elevated
4 tracts · population-weighted
Royal Palms vs Cathedral CityHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority81%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport63%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Royal Palms
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
26.4%Housing insecurity
13.0%Utility shutoff threat
32.5%Food insecurity
28.1%SNAP enrollment
21.2%No health insurance
41.4%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Royal Palms
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Royal Palms?
Royal Palms scores 7.2/10 (Elevated tier) across 4 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Royal Palms compare to Cathedral City overall?
Royal Palms scores 1.2 points higher than Cathedral City overall (6/10). Renters spend 58% of income on rent vs 36% citywide. Average rent: $1,570 vs $1,601.
Q3
What is the average rent in Royal Palms?
Average gross rent in Royal Palms is $1,570/month (pop-weighted across 4 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Royal Palms residents are renters?
64% of Royal Palms households are renter-occupied (vs 34% in Cathedral City). The neighborhood has 13,293 residents.
Q5
Is Royal Palms a high social-vulnerability area?
Royal Palms sits in the 82nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Royal Palms have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Royal Palms is census tract 06065044907 (score 7.4/10). Across the 4 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 6.8 to 7.4, a spread of 0.6 points.
Q7
How safe is Royal Palms for landlords?
Royal Palms carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.2/10). Pop-weighted across 4 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Cathedral City as a whole (6/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Royal Palms?
Royal Palms has 13,658 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (72.7%), White (non-Hispanic) (21.4%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (2.7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
