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Neighborhood · East Palo Alto, CA

Duveneck - St. Francis Eviction Risk: High

2 census tracts · pop 8,327 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 8.5/10 · range 7.8–9.3

Duveneck - St. Francis takes in 2 census tracts of East Palo Alto, CA and houses 8,327 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 8.5/10, High tier. The severe-burden share is 39%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.

Cost burden runs 54% against 34.9% citywide, putting Duveneck - St. Francis 19.3% over its own city. What pushes the score up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.3/10. Running cool is supply constraint, at 1/10.

On the high side is rent-regulation exposure at 8.9/10. The 2 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 7.8 to 9.3, a 1.5-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address.

At $1,883 a month, rents sit 16% under what the rest of East Palo Alto commands. The closest comparables inside the same city are Crescent Park and Green Gables. Social vulnerability runs high at 7.7/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.

Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $102,302. 61% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 8.5 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score
8.5
High
2 tracts · population-weighted
Duveneck - St. Francis vs East Palo Alto How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
54.2% +55%
East Palo Alto: 34.9%
Average gross rent
$1,883 -16%
East Palo Alto: $2,244
Average HH income
$102,302 -2%
East Palo Alto: $104,832
Poverty rate
10.1% +4%
East Palo Alto: 9.7%
Renter share
61.1% +20%
East Palo Alto: 50.9%
Peer neighborhoods

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Geographic context

Risk heat across Duveneck - St. Francis and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 2 tracts span score 7.8–9.3

Why Duveneck - St. Francis scores 8.5

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 6.8–6.8 across tracts
6.8
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 7.9–7.9 across tracts
7.9
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 8.1–8.1 across tracts
8.1
Rent control risk
54% of income on rent · Range 8.9–8.9 across tracts
8.9
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 6.0–6.0 across tracts
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
61% renter households · Range 9.3–9.3 across tracts
9.3
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 7.0–7.0 across tracts
7.0
Economic stress
10.1% below poverty line · Range 1.8–3.3 across tracts
2.5
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.0–1.0 across tracts
1.0
Risk score comparison

Duveneck - St. Francis vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Duveneck - St. Francis score vs. parent city, state, U.S.8.5Duveneck - St. FraNeighborhood7.9Parent cityhost city7.6Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

2 tracts in Duveneck - St. Francis

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
06081612102 9.3 3,935 61% $1,937
06081611901 7.8 4,392 48% $1,834
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 75

Pop-weighted across 2 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 67%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 48%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 89%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 75%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Duveneck - St. Francis

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Duveneck - St. Francis

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Duveneck - St. Francis?

Duveneck - St. Francis scores 8.5/10 (High tier) across 2 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2

How does Duveneck - St. Francis compare to East Palo Alto overall?

Duveneck - St. Francis scores 0.6 points higher than East Palo Alto overall (7.9/10). Renters spend 54% of income on rent vs 35% citywide. Average rent: $1,883 vs $2,244.
Q3

What is the average rent in Duveneck - St. Francis?

Average gross rent in Duveneck - St. Francis is $1,883/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Duveneck - St. Francis residents are renters?

61% of Duveneck - St. Francis households are renter-occupied (vs 51% in East Palo Alto). The neighborhood has 8,327 residents.
Q5

Is Duveneck - St. Francis a high social-vulnerability area?

Duveneck - St. Francis sits in the 75th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

Which tracts in Duveneck - St. Francis have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Duveneck - St. Francis is census tract 06081612102 (score 9.3/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 7.8 to 9.3, a spread of 1.5 points.
Q7

How safe is Duveneck - St. Francis for landlords?

Duveneck - St. Francis carries a high-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (8.5/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to East Palo Alto as a whole (7.9/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Duveneck - St. Francis?

Duveneck - St. Francis has 7,030 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (54.1%), White (non-Hispanic) (16.2%), Black (non-Hispanic) (14%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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