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Census Tract · Ranked #9,927 of 84,120 nationally

Burlingame Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 06081605502 · San Mateo, CA · pop 2,599

Census tract 06081605502 covers part of Burlingame, CA, and scores 7.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,599 residents. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.1/10.

Risk score
7.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 27% Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units898
Renter share42.2%
SVI overall0.34
Poverty rate7.4%
Median income$188,696

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 7 tracts In Burlingame
Elevated
Within county
76 th percentile
Rank, 76th percentileLowHigh
#42 of 173 tracts In San Mateo
High
Within state
54 th percentile
Rank, 54th percentileLowHigh
#4,223 of 9,109 tracts In California
Moderate
National
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#9,927 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Burlingame and the region

Centroid at 37.5752, -122.3471 · click any tract to drill in

Why Burlingame scores 7.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Burlingame
8.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.9
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
7.4% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$2,776 rent vs county FMR
3.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Burlingame
5.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Burlingame
9.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Burlingame
4.6

How Burlingame compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Burlingame risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.6This tracttract 6055027.7Burlingameparent city7.0Countyavg tract in county7.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 34

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 Burlingame

Running cool, court filing pressure reads 1.4/10. Severe burden reaches 21%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Against San Mateo County at 44.9%, roughly one in three of renters here are cost-burdened. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.8/10. Food insecurity runs 8.8% against 17.8% nationally.

SNAP participation runs 7.1% against 15.2% nationally. That is riskier than roughly 88% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Rent consumes only 18% of average household income of $188,696, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. It tracks the San Mateo County average of 7.0 closely.

Average gross rent is $2,776, close to the Burlingame average. 42% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06081605502

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06081605502?

Census tract 06081605502 in Burlingame scores 7.6/10 (Elevated 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 06081605502?

Median gross rent is $2,776/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06081605502?

7.4% of residents in tract 06081605502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,599.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06081605502?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 34th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 9th, household 25th, minority 67th, housing 78th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 06081605502 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.0% 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. 4.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 06081605502 compare to Burlingame overall?

Tract 06081605502 scores 7.6/10, right in line with the parent city of Burlingame at 7.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Burlingame; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Burlingame

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

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