Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #4,622 of 84,120 nationally
Desert Hot Springs Eviction Risk: High
Tract 06065044509 · Riverside, CA · pop 5,527
06065044509 is a census tract in Desert Hot Springs, CA. It scores 8.8/10 for landlords. It is home to 5,527 residents. 45% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
8.8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 43%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units1,951
Renter share60.4%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate31.8%
Median income$36,209
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
77
th percentile
High
National
95
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Desert Hot Springs and the region
Centroid at 33.9650, -116.5061 · click any tract to drill in
Why Desert Hot Springs scores 8.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Desert Hot Springs
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
31.8% poverty · this tract
7.9
Supply constraint
$1,059 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Desert Hot Springs
9.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Desert Hot Springs
9.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Desert Hot Springs
8.4
How Desert Hot Springs compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 99
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 97%Socioeconomic
- 92%Household composition
- 85%Racial/ethnic minority
- 97%Housing & transportation
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.
- 29.4%Housing insecurity
- 16.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 36.8%Food insecurity
- 36.0%SNAP enrollment
- 18.1%Transit barriers
- 19.3%No health insurance
- 21.9%Frequent mental distress
- 43.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Desert Hot Springs
Cost burden runs 71% here against 53.8% across Riverside County. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.1/10. It sits 2.2 points above the Riverside County average of 6.6.
On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 9/10. Food insecurity runs 36.8% against 17.8% nationally.
Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. Set annual rent against average income of $36,209 and the ratio lands at 35%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.
The poverty rate is 32%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. At $1,059 a month, rents run 25% under what the rest of Desert Hot Springs commands.
Adults with no health insurance runs 19.3% against 11.3% nationally. That is riskier than roughly 95% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.3 points hotter.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 06065044509
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06065044509?
Census tract 06065044509 in Desert Hot Springs scores 8.8/10 (High 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 06065044509?
Median gross rent is $1,059/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 71% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06065044509?
31.8% of residents in tract 06065044509 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,527.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06065044509?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 92th, minority 85th, housing 97th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06065044509 struggle to pay rent?
About 29.4% 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. 16.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06065044509 compare to Desert Hot Springs overall?
Tract 06065044509 scores 8.8/10, higher than the parent city of Desert Hot Springs at 7.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Desert Hot Springs; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Desert Hot Springs
Top eight tracts in Desert Hot Springs ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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