Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally
Half Moon Bay Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 06081613701 · San Mateo, CA · pop 3,929 · 98% of tract blocks fall in Half Moon Bay
Census tract 06081613701 belongs to Half Moon Bay, California. It is home to 3,929 residents and scores 4.9/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than about 36% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 38% of renter households, a high level, and 10% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $164,615 a year. Renters make up 10% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units1,418
Renter share9.5%
SVI overall0.07
Poverty rate4.3%
Median income$164,615
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
16
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
5
th percentile
Very Low
National
27
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Half Moon Bay and the region
Centroid at 37.4455, -122.4377 · click any tract to drill in
Why Half Moon Bay scores 2.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Half Moon Bay
8.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.9
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
4.3% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Half Moon Bay
5.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Half Moon Bay
6.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Half Moon Bay
4.5
How Half Moon Bay compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 7
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 1%Socioeconomic
- 25%Household composition
- 38%Racial/ethnic minority
- 22%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.
- 5.6%Housing insecurity
- 3.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.0%Food insecurity
- 4.8%SNAP enrollment
- 4.0%Transit barriers
- 3.9%No health insurance
- 11.8%Frequent mental distress
- 23.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Half Moon Bay
The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at 6.8/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Half Moon Bay, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the San Mateo County average of 5.1 and below the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 7th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 5.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 06081613701
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06081613701?
Census tract 06081613701 in Half Moon Bay scores 2.8/10 (Lower 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 poverty rate in tract 06081613701?
4.3% of residents in tract 06081613701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,929.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 06081613701?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 7th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 1th, household 25th, minority 38th, housing 22th.
Q4
What share of households in tract 06081613701 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.6% 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. 3.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q5
How does tract 06081613701 compare to Half Moon Bay overall?
Tract 06081613701 scores 2.8/10, lower than the parent city of Half Moon Bay at 8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Half Moon Bay; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Half Moon Bay
Top eight tracts in Half Moon Bay ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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