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Neighborhood · Ranked #10,224 of 84,120 nationally

Hoover-Foster Eviction Risk: Elevated , Oakland

Tract 06001401600 · Alameda, CA · pop 2,403 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

Census tract 06001401600 sits in the Hoover-Foster neighborhood of Oakland, California. It has a population of 2,403 and an eviction-risk score of 6.5/10 (Elevated tier). 43% of renters here pay 30%+ of their household income on rent, with 15% severely cost-burdened (≥50%). Median gross rent is $2,195/month against a median household income of $135,234 — roughly 19% rent-to-income at the medians.

Risk score
6.5
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30% Stable renters 39% Owners 31%
Tract context
Occupied units969
Renter share68.8%
SVI overall0.81
Poverty rate13.2%
Median income$135,234

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank — 0th percentileBottomTop
#3 of 3 tracts In Hoover-Foster
Very Low
Within parent city
36 th percentile
Rank — 36th percentileBottomTop
#75 of 116 tracts In Oakland
Low
Within county
79 th percentile
Rank — 79th percentileBottomTop
#80 of 378 tracts In Alameda
High
Within state
75 th percentile
Rank — 75th percentileBottomTop
#2,257 of 9,109 tracts In California
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Oakland and the region

Centroid at 37.8174, -122.2815 · click any tract to drill in

Why Hoover-Foster scores 6.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Oakland
9.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.1
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
13.2% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$2,195 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Oakland
10.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
9.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Oakland
9.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Oakland
9.5

How Hoover-Foster compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Hoover-Foster risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.56.5This tracttract 401600Oakland: 9.19.1Oaklandparent cityCounty: 5.85.8Countyavg tract in countyState: 6.16.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 81

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

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.

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 Hoover-Foster. 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.

Frequently asked

About tract 06001401600

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06001401600?

Census tract 06001401600 in the Hoover-Foster neighborhood scores 6.5/10 (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 06001401600?

Median gross rent is $2,195/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.

Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06001401600?

13.2% of residents in tract 06001401600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,403.

Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06001401600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 81th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 74th, household 39th, minority 86th, housing 91th.

Q5

Is tract 06001401600 considered part of Hoover-Foster?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06001401600 fall within Hoover-Foster (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).

Q6

What share of households in tract 06001401600 struggle to pay rent?

About 17.4% 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. 9.7% also reported utility shutoff threats — a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

Q7

How does tract 06001401600 compare to Oakland overall?

Tract 06001401600 scores 6.5/10 — lower than the parent city of Oakland at 9.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Oakland eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Q8

Was tract 06001401600 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. 94% 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Oakland

Top eight tracts in Oakland ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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