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Census Tract · Ranked #4,622 of 84,120 nationally

Desert Hot Springs Eviction Risk: High

Tract 06065044515 · Riverside, CA · pop 4,101 · 67% of tract blocks fall in Desert Hot Springs

06065044515 is a census tract in Desert Hot Springs, CA. It scores 8.8/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,101 residents. Severe burden reaches 64%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
8.8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13% Stable renters 4% Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units1,290
Renter share16.7%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate20.7%
Median income$42,733

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 7 tracts In Desert Hot Springs
Very High
Within county
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 518 tracts In Riverside
Very High
Within state
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#2,111 of 9,109 tracts In California
High
National
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#4,622 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Desert Hot Springs and the region

Centroid at 33.9374, -116.5112 · click any tract to drill in

Why Desert Hot Springs scores 8.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
20.7% poverty · this tract
5.2
Supply constraint
$1,609 rent vs county FMR
2.0
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.
Desert Hot Springs risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 8.88.8This tracttract 044515Desert Hot Springs: 7.47.4Desert Hot Springsparent cityCounty: 6.66.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 7.57.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 92

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 Desert Hot Springs

Against Riverside County at 53.8%, 78% of renters here are cost-burdened. Set annual rent against average income of $42,733 and the ratio lands at 45%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.

The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.1/10. Against the Riverside County average of 6.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.2 points. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 9/10.

Housing insecurity runs 29.4% against 14.2% nationally. Running hot, housing-court posture reads 8.4/10. The poverty rate is 21%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

At $1,609 a month, rents run 14% over what the rest of Desert Hot Springs commands. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 16.1% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

That is riskier than roughly 95% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 06065044515

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06065044515?

Census tract 06065044515 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 06065044515?

Median gross rent is $1,609/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 78% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06065044515?

20.7% of residents in tract 06065044515 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,101.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06065044515?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 97th, minority 85th, housing 47th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 06065044515 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. 16.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 06065044515 compare to Desert Hot Springs overall?

Tract 06065044515 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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