Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #58,384 of 84,120 nationally
Scotts Valley Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 06087121200 · Santa Cruz, CA · pop 6,718 · 26% of tract blocks fall in Scotts Valley
With a score of 3/10, tract 06087121200 in Scotts Valley ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 6,718 residents. That is riskier than roughly 47% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 43% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 33% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,256 a month while the average household earns $171,471 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 25% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units2,348
Renter share24.7%
SVI overall0.40
Poverty rate11.8%
Median income$171,471
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
25
th percentile
Low
Within state
8
th percentile
Very Low
National
31
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Scotts Valley and the region
Centroid at 37.0305, -121.9941 · click any tract to drill in
Why Scotts Valley scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Scotts Valley
8.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.0
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
11.8% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$2,256 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Scotts Valley
6.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Scotts Valley
6.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Scotts Valley
4.8
How Scotts Valley compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 40
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 40%Socioeconomic
- 20%Household composition
- 33%Racial/ethnic minority
- 65%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.
- 8.3%Housing insecurity
- 5.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.8%Food insecurity
- 9.4%SNAP enrollment
- 6.1%Transit barriers
- 5.1%No health insurance
- 15.5%Frequent mental distress
- 27.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Scotts Valley
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 6.5/10. 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 Scotts Valley, 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 8.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 40th 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.
Frequently asked
About tract 06087121200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06087121200?
Census tract 06087121200 in Scotts Valley scores 3/10 (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 06087121200?
Median gross rent is $2,256/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06087121200?
11.8% of residents in tract 06087121200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,718.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06087121200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 40th, household 20th, minority 33th, housing 65th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06087121200 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.3% 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. 5.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06087121200 compare to Scotts Valley overall?
Tract 06087121200 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Scotts Valley at 7.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Scotts Valley; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Scotts Valley
Top eight tracts in Scotts Valley ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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