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Neighborhood · Ranked #7,382 of 84,120 nationally

Lavender Heights Eviction Risk: High , Sacramento

Tract 06067002000 · Sacramento, CA · pop 2,910 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

With a score of 8.1/10, tract 06067002000 in the Lavender Heights area of Sacramento, CA reads high for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,910. Cost burden runs 38% here against 50.2% across Sacramento County.

Risk score
8.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30% Stable renters 49% Owners 21%
Tract context
Occupied units1,664
Renter share79.1%
SVI overall0.54
Poverty rate13.3%
Median income$87,708

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
15 th percentile
Rank, 15th percentileLowHigh
#12 of 14 tracts In Lavender Heights
Very Low
Within parent city
45 th percentile
Rank, 45th percentileLowHigh
#72 of 131 tracts In Sacramento
Moderate
Within county
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#106 of 363 tracts In Sacramento
Elevated
Within state
62 th percentile
Rank, 62nd percentileLowHigh
#3,423 of 9,109 tracts In California
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Sacramento and the region

Centroid at 38.5653, -121.4903 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lavender Heights scores 8.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Sacramento
8.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.3
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
13.3% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$1,596 rent vs county FMR
2.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Sacramento
8.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
8.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Sacramento
7.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Sacramento
8.0

How Lavender Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Lavender Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 8.18.1This tracttract 002000Sacramento: 7.97.9Sacramentoparent cityCounty: 7.17.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 7.57.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 54

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Lavender Heights. 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 Lavender Heights

This is renter territory: 79% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 8.5/10. Running hot, eviction-process difficulty reads 8.5/10.

On the high side, local political climate reads 8/10. Severe burden reaches 15%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Against the Sacramento County average of 7.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points. At $1,596 a month, rents run 10% under what the rest of Sacramento commands.

This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Sacramento. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. On the national scale it lands near the 91st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $87,708.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06067002000

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06067002000?

Census tract 06067002000 in the Lavender Heights neighborhood scores 8.1/10 (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 06067002000?

Median gross rent is $1,596/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06067002000?

13.3% of residents in tract 06067002000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,910.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06067002000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 54th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 21th, minority 68th, housing 67th.
Q5

Is tract 06067002000 considered part of Lavender Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06067002000 fall within Lavender Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06067002000 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.3% 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. 7.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06067002000 compare to Sacramento overall?

Tract 06067002000 scores 8.1/10, right in line with the parent city of Sacramento at 7.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sacramento eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 06067002000 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 10% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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