Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #68,306 of 84,120 nationally
Ben Lomond Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 06087120600 · Santa Cruz, CA · pop 4,283 · 36% of tract blocks fall in Ben Lomond
The Moderate-tier score of 5.1/10 for census tract 06087120600 reflects conditions in Ben Lomond in Santa Cruz County, California. That is riskier than roughly 43% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 37% of renter households, a high level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $3,209 a month against an average household income of $128,000 a year, roughly 30% of income at the averages. About 14% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units1,816
Renter share13.9%
SVI overall0.22
Poverty rate5.2%
Median income$128,000
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
9
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
3
th percentile
Very Low
National
19
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ben Lomond and the region
Centroid at 37.0961, -122.0466 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ben Lomond scores 2.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Ben Lomond
8.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.0
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
5.2% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$3,209 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ben Lomond
9.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ben Lomond
5.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ben Lomond
6.0
How Ben Lomond compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 22
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 19%Socioeconomic
- 16%Household composition
- 27%Racial/ethnic minority
- 49%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.
- 8.2%Housing insecurity
- 4.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.7%Food insecurity
- 7.9%SNAP enrollment
- 5.6%Transit barriers
- 4.8%No health insurance
- 16.1%Frequent mental distress
- 25.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ben Lomond
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 9.1/10. 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 Ben Lomond, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Santa Cruz County average of 5.3 and below the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 22nd 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 06087120600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06087120600?
Census tract 06087120600 in Ben Lomond scores 2.4/10 (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 average rent in tract 06087120600?
Median gross rent is $3,209/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06087120600?
5.2% of residents in tract 06087120600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,283.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06087120600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 22th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 19th, household 16th, minority 27th, housing 49th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06087120600 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.2% 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. 4.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06087120600 compare to Ben Lomond overall?
Tract 06087120600 scores 2.4/10, lower than the parent city of Ben Lomond at 8.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ben Lomond; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Ben Lomond
Top eight tracts in Ben Lomond ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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