Foster City Eviction Risk: Elevated

The main counterweight is court filing pressure at 1.4/10. 23% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.9/10.

Running hot, local political climate reads 8.1/10. SNAP participation runs 6.4% against 15.2% nationally.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.6% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. On the national scale it lands near the 84th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 44% of renters.

It tracks the San Mateo County average of 7.0 closely. Average gross rent is $3,501, close to the Foster City average.

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