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Dimond District Eviction Risk: High , Oakland

Tract 06001406601 · Alameda, CA · pop 4,531 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Census tract 06001406601 covers part of the Dimond District area of Oakland, CA, and scores 9.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,531 residents. The severe-burden share is 39%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
9.9
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 37% Stable renters 16% Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units1,854
Renter share52.4%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate11.4%
Median income$72,208

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 4 tracts In Dimond District
Elevated
Within parent city
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#32 of 116 tracts In Oakland
Elevated
Within county
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#14 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 37.7936, -122.2080 · 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
11.4% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,902 rent vs county FMR
2.1
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 406601Oakland: 9.69.6Oaklandparent cityCounty: 7.87.8Countyavg tract in countyState: 7.57.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 69

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

Against Alameda County at 45.5%, 70% of renters here are cost-burdened. The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 10/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 9.7/10.

Running hot, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10. It sits 2.1 points above the Alameda County average of 7.8.

In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. 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 7.2/10, 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. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

Average gross rent is $1,902, close to the Oakland average. Annual rent works out to 32% of average household income of $72,208.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06001406601

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06001406601?

Census tract 06001406601 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 06001406601?

Median gross rent is $1,902/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 70% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06001406601?

11.4% of residents in tract 06001406601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,531.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06001406601?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 37th, minority 83th, housing 47th.
Q5

Is tract 06001406601 considered part of Dimond District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06001406601 fall within Dimond District (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06001406601 struggle to pay rent?

About 18.2% 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. 9.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06001406601 compare to Oakland overall?

Tract 06001406601 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 06001406601 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

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