8 census tracts · pop 30,165 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 8.3/10
· range 5.6–9.3
Freedom spans 8 census tracts of Watsonville, CA, population 30,165. The Eviction Risk Score is 8.3/10, in the High tier. 48% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, well above the Watsonville rate of 33.8%.
The 8 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 5.6 to 9.3, a 3.7-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address. The strongest single driver of the headline number is tenant-organizing strength at 9.3/10. 28% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate.
Running cool is supply constraint, at 1/10. On the high side is rent-regulation exposure at 7.8/10. 21.3% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt.
Food insecurity affects 28.2% of adults, 10.4 points above the national rate. At $1,746 a month, rents sit 8% under what the rest of Watsonville commands. Social vulnerability runs high at 8.8/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.
Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $80,122. 48% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 3.7 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
8.3
High
8 tracts · population-weighted
Freedom vs WatsonvilleHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority88%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport70%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Freedom
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
23.0%Housing insecurity
11.1%Utility shutoff threat
28.3%Food insecurity
23.3%SNAP enrollment
21.5%No health insurance
35.9%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Freedom
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Freedom?
Freedom scores 8.3/10 (High tier) across 8 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Freedom compare to Watsonville overall?
Freedom scores 0.4 points higher than Watsonville overall (7.9/10). Renters spend 48% of income on rent vs 34% citywide. Average rent: $1,746 vs $1,889.
Q3
What is the average rent in Freedom?
Average gross rent in Freedom is $1,746/month (pop-weighted across 8 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Freedom residents are renters?
48% of Freedom households are renter-occupied (vs 55% in Watsonville). The neighborhood has 30,165 residents.
Q5
Is Freedom a high social-vulnerability area?
Freedom sits in the 87th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Freedom have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Freedom is census tract 06087110202 (score 9.3/10). Across the 8 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.6 to 9.3, a spread of 3.7 points.
Q7
How safe is Freedom for landlords?
Freedom carries a high-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (8.3/10). Pop-weighted across 8 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Watsonville as a whole (7.9/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Freedom?
Freedom has 29,352 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (79.8%), White (non-Hispanic) (14.4%), Other / Multiracial (2.8%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
