Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #49,882 of 84,120 nationally
Soquel Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 06087121100 · Santa Cruz, CA · pop 3,122 · 37% of tract blocks fall in Soquel
The Moderate-tier score of $1/10 for census tract 06087121100 reflects conditions in Soquel in Santa Cruz County, California. On the national scale it ranks #50,585 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 38% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,232 a month against an average household income of $116,750 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. Renters make up 18% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units1,340
Renter share18.0%
SVI overall0.51
Poverty rate9.5%
Median income$116,750
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
34
th percentile
Low
Within state
15
th percentile
Very Low
National
41
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Soquel and the region
Centroid at 37.0434, -121.9608 · click any tract to drill in
Why Soquel scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Soquel
8.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.0
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
9.5% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,232 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Soquel
6.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Soquel
6.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Soquel
4.9
How Soquel compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 51
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 20%Socioeconomic
- 51%Household composition
- 47%Racial/ethnic minority
- 89%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.
- 7.9%Housing insecurity
- 4.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.2%Food insecurity
- 8.4%SNAP enrollment
- 5.7%Transit barriers
- 5.6%No health insurance
- 14.7%Frequent mental distress
- 28.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Soquel
What moves this score most 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 Soquel, 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 7.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 51st 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 06087121100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06087121100?
Census tract 06087121100 in Soquel scores 3.5/10 (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 06087121100?
Median gross rent is $1,232/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06087121100?
9.5% of residents in tract 06087121100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,122.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06087121100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 51th, minority 47th, housing 89th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06087121100 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.9% 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. 4.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06087121100 compare to Soquel overall?
Tract 06087121100 scores 3.5/10, lower than the parent city of Soquel at 8.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Soquel; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Soquel
Top eight tracts in Soquel ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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