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Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Dimond District Eviction Risk: High , Oakland

Tract 06001406500 · Alameda, CA · pop 6,494 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

06001406500 is a census tract in the Dimond District area of Oakland, CA. It scores 9.9/10 for landlords. It is home to 6,494 residents. The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 10/10.

Risk score
9.9
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30% Stable renters 30% Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units2,006
Renter share60.4%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate14.9%
Median income$71,167

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 4 tracts In Dimond District
Very High
Within parent city
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#47 of 116 tracts In Oakland
Elevated
Within county
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#15 of 378 tracts In Alameda
Very High
Within state
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 9,109 tracts In California
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Oakland and the region

Centroid at 37.7881, -122.2170 · click any tract to drill in

Why Dimond District scores 9.9

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
14.9% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$1,786 rent vs county FMR
1.7
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 Dimond District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Dimond District risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 9.99.9This tracttract 406500Oakland: 9.69.6Oaklandparent cityCounty: 7.87.8Countyavg tract in countyState: 7.57.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 94

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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 Dimond District. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Dimond District

30% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the high side, local political climate reads 9.7/10.

Running hot, 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. Cost burden runs 50% here against 45.5% across Alameda County.

SNAP participation runs 22.8% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 25.4% against 17.8% nationally.

At $1,786 a month, rents run 10% under what the rest of Oakland commands. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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. On the national scale it lands near the 100th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. 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 06001406500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06001406500?

Census tract 06001406500 in the Dimond District 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.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 06001406500?

Median gross rent is $1,786/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06001406500?

14.9% of residents in tract 06001406500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,494.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06001406500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 79th, minority 89th, housing 96th.
Q5

Is tract 06001406500 considered part of Dimond District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06001406500 fall within Dimond District (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06001406500 struggle to pay rent?

About 20.7% 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. 10.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06001406500 compare to Oakland overall?

Tract 06001406500 scores 9.9/10, higher than the parent city of Oakland at 9.6/10. 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 06001406500 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% 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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