Census Tract · Ranked #6,676 of 84,120 nationally

San Mateo Eviction Risk: High

Tract 06081606100 · San Mateo, CA · pop 5,091

With a score of 8.2/10, tract 06081606100 in San Mateo, CA reads high for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,091. Severe burden reaches 51%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

8.2

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 27% Stable renters 18% Owners 55%

Tract context

Occupied units1,420

Renter share45.2%

SVI overall0.70

Poverty rate12.5%

Median income$142,105

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across San Mateo and the region

Centroid at 37.5807, -122.3145 · click any tract to drill in

Why San Mateo scores 8.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from San Mateo

8.1

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.9

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

12.5% poverty · this tract

3.1

Supply constraint

$2,708 rent vs county FMR

3.2

Rent control risk

Inherited from San Mateo

5.8

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.6

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from San Mateo

9.1

Housing court bias

Inherited from San Mateo

5.1

How San Mateo compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 70

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

66%Socioeconomic
40%Household composition
85%Racial/ethnic minority
72%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.

16.5%Housing insecurity
8.3%Utility-shutoff threat
20.9%Food insecurity
17.5%SNAP enrollment
10.5%Transit barriers
11.5%No health insurance
17.0%Frequent mental distress
30.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in San Mateo

Against San Mateo County at 44.9%, 61% of renters here are cost-burdened. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.1/10.

Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 1.4/10. On the high side, local political climate reads 8.1/10.

It sits 1.2 points above the San Mateo County average of 7.0. At $2,708 a month, rents run 12% under what the rest of San Mateo commands.

That is riskier than roughly 92% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $142,105.

45% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 06081606100

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06081606100?

Census tract 06081606100 in San Mateo scores 8.2/10 (High tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 06081606100?

Median gross rent is $2,708/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06081606100?

12.5% of residents in tract 06081606100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,091.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06081606100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 66th, household 40th, minority 85th, housing 72th.

What share of households in tract 06081606100 struggle to pay rent?

About 16.5% 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. 8.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06081606100 compare to San Mateo overall?

Tract 06081606100 scores 8.2/10, higher than the parent city of San Mateo at 7.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from San Mateo; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in San Mateo

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