Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Lorin Eviction Risk: High , Berkeley

Tract 06001400700 · Alameda, CA · pop 4,758 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

06001400700 is a census tract in the Lorin area of Oakland, CA. It scores 9.9/10 for landlords. What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 10/10.

Risk score

9.9

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 27% Stable renters 39% Owners 34%

Tract context

Occupied units1,899

Renter share65.8%

SVI overall0.38

Poverty rate13.6%

Median income$111,302

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Berkeley and the region

Centroid at 37.8417, -122.2723 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lorin scores 9.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Berkeley

9.7

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

8.1

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

13.6% poverty · this tract

3.4

Supply constraint

$2,185 rent vs county FMR

3.1

Rent control risk

Inherited from Berkeley

10.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

9.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Berkeley

9.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Berkeley

9.5

How Lorin compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 38

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

20%Socioeconomic
36%Household composition
67%Racial/ethnic minority
60%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
22%Grade C
54%Grade D · redlined

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Lorin. 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.

12.0%Housing insecurity
7.2%Utility-shutoff threat
12.0%Food insecurity
12.1%SNAP enrollment
7.7%Transit barriers
5.0%No health insurance
17.3%Frequent mental distress
24.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lorin

Running hot, local political climate reads 9.7/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10.

Against the Alameda County average of 7.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.1 points. 24% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. This is renter territory: 66% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

41% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Alameda County average of 45.5%. Average gross rent is $2,185, 10% above the Oakland average.

This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Oakland. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. Nationally it ranks #1 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.4/10.

Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 2.4 points hotter.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 06001400700

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06001400700?

Census tract 06001400700 in the Lorin neighborhood scores 9.9/10 (High tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 06001400700?

Median gross rent is $2,185/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06001400700?

13.6% of residents in tract 06001400700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,758.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06001400700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 38th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 36th, minority 67th, housing 60th.

Is tract 06001400700 considered part of Lorin?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06001400700 fall within Lorin (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06001400700 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.0% 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. 7.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06001400700 compare to Berkeley overall?

Tract 06001400700 scores 9.9/10, higher than the parent city of Berkeley at 8.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Berkeley eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 06001400700 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 54% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.

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