Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally
East Palo Alto Eviction Risk: High
Tract 06081611800 · San Mateo, CA · pop 4,558 · 63% of tract blocks fall in East Palo Alto
With a score of 8/10, tract 06081611800 in East Palo Alto, CA reads high for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,558 residents. At $3,501 a month, rents run 56% over what the rest of East Palo Alto commands.
Risk score
8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units1,104
Renter share34.9%
SVI overall0.65
Poverty rate9.3%
Median income$131,618
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
87
th percentile
High
Within state
61
th percentile
Elevated
National
91
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across East Palo Alto and the region
Centroid at 37.4773, -122.1330 · click any tract to drill in
Why East Palo Alto scores 8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from East Palo Alto
8.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.9
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
9.3% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$3,501 rent vs county FMR
5.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from East Palo Alto
8.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from East Palo Alto
9.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from East Palo Alto
7.0
How East Palo Alto compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 65
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 68%Socioeconomic
- 32%Household composition
- 95%Racial/ethnic minority
- 56%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.
- 21.1%Housing insecurity
- 9.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 24.4%Food insecurity
- 19.1%SNAP enrollment
- 12.1%Transit barriers
- 16.4%No health insurance
- 17.3%Frequent mental distress
- 31.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in East Palo Alto
Severe burden reaches 31%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.3/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.9/10. Cost burden runs 56% here against 44.9% across San Mateo County. Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 1.4/10.
Against the San Mateo County average of 7.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points. Nationally it ranks #7,836 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.9/10. Annual rent works out to 32% of average household income of $131,618.
35% 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 06081611800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06081611800?
Census tract 06081611800 in East Palo Alto scores 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 06081611800?
Median gross rent is $3,501/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06081611800?
9.3% of residents in tract 06081611800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,558.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06081611800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 68th, household 32th, minority 95th, housing 56th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06081611800 struggle to pay rent?
About 21.1% 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. 9.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06081611800 compare to East Palo Alto overall?
Tract 06081611800 scores 8/10, right in line with the parent city of East Palo Alto at 7.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from East Palo Alto; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in East Palo Alto
Top eight tracts in East Palo Alto ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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