Redwood City Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 06081610100 · San Mateo, CA · pop 2,551
Census tract 06081610100 covers Redwood City in San Mateo County, home to 2,551 residents. For landlords it grades 5.3/10, a moderate reading. That is riskier than about 51% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 52% of renter households, a severe level, and 39% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,296 monthly, set against $126,767 in average yearly household income, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 53% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across Redwood City and the region
Centroid at 37.4932, -122.2387 · click any tract to drill in
Why Redwood City scores 5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow Redwood City compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 43
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 64%Socioeconomic
- 7%Household composition
- 72%Racial/ethnic minority
- 42%Housing & transportation
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 13.1%Housing insecurity
- 6.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.8%Food insecurity
- 11.4%SNAP enrollment
- 7.9%Transit barriers
- 10.0%No health insurance
- 15.9%Frequent mental distress
- 25.2%Any disability
What drives eviction risk in Redwood City
The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at 6.9/10. 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 Redwood City, 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 riskier side for landlords.
The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 43rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 13.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.2% 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.
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Highest-risk tracts in Redwood City
Top eight tracts in Redwood City ranked by composite eviction-risk score.