San Carlos Eviction Risk: Elevated

On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 1.4/10. On the high side, local political climate reads 8.1/10. The severe-burden share is 16%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

38% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the San Mateo County average of 44.9%. It sits 1.0 points below the San Mateo County average of 7.0. Housing insecurity runs 6.8% against 14.2% 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. Nationally it ranks #18,163 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Against average income of $185,804, annual rent is just 17%. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.5 points cooler.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.

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