Redwood City Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 06081610400 · San Mateo, CA · pop 5,981
Eviction risk in Redwood City in San Mateo County centers on tract 06081610400, which scores 5.4/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 5,981 residents. That is riskier than about 55% of US census tracts.
55% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,663 monthly, set against $114,464 in average yearly household income, roughly 28% of income at the averages. Renters make up 46% of occupied homes.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across Redwood City and the region
Centroid at 37.4825, -122.1915 · click any tract to drill in
Why Redwood City scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow Redwood City compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 73
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 71%Socioeconomic
- 58%Household composition
- 88%Racial/ethnic minority
- 60%Housing & transportation
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 21.6%Housing insecurity
- 11.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 27.2%Food insecurity
- 24.1%SNAP enrollment
- 13.3%Transit barriers
- 17.1%No health insurance
- 17.8%Frequent mental distress
- 33.6%Any disability
What drives eviction risk in Redwood City
The heaviest input here is 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 above 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 21.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 11.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 73rd 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.
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.