Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #5,198 of 84,120 nationally
Montgomery Creek Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 06089012606 · Shasta, CA · pop 3,407 · 6% of tract blocks fall in Montgomery Creek
Montgomery Creek anchors census tract 06089012606, which lands at 4.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 27% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 18% of renter households, a modest level, and 7% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,372 monthly, set against $64,271 in average yearly household income, roughly 26% of income at the averages. About 17% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
6.9
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units1,384
Renter share16.6%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate19.5%
Median income$64,271
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
71
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
75
th percentile
High
National
94
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Montgomery Creek and the region
Centroid at 40.8862, -122.0034 · click any tract to drill in
Why Montgomery Creek scores 6.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Montgomery Creek
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.3
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
19.5% poverty · this tract
4.9
Supply constraint
$1,372 rent vs county FMR
3.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Montgomery Creek
4.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Montgomery Creek
4.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Montgomery Creek
4.6
How Montgomery Creek compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 80
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 70%Socioeconomic
- 76%Household composition
- 52%Racial/ethnic minority
- 86%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.
- 12.8%Housing insecurity
- 8.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.5%Food insecurity
- 18.1%SNAP enrollment
- 9.5%Transit barriers
- 7.7%No health insurance
- 18.9%Frequent mental distress
- 37.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Montgomery Creek
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 Montgomery Creek, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Shasta County average of 5.4 and below the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 80th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
In CDC survey modeling, about 12.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 06089012606
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06089012606?
Census tract 06089012606 in Montgomery Creek scores 6.9/10 (Elevated 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 06089012606?
Median gross rent is $1,372/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 18% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06089012606?
19.5% of residents in tract 06089012606 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,407.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06089012606?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 70th, household 76th, minority 52th, housing 86th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06089012606 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.8% 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. 8.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06089012606 compare to Montgomery Creek overall?
Tract 06089012606 scores 6.9/10, lower than the parent city of Montgomery Creek at 7.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Montgomery Creek; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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