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Neighborhood · Ranked #2,922 of 84,120 nationally

Laurel Eviction Risk: High , Oakland

Tract 06001406900 · Alameda, CA · pop 3,865 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

With a score of 9.4/10, tract 06001406900 in the Laurel area of Oakland, CA reads high for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,865 residents. The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 10/10.

Risk score
9.4
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 25% Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units1,585
Renter share43.1%
SVI overall0.43
Poverty rate12.9%
Median income$150,949

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 5 tracts In Laurel
High
Within parent city
26 th percentile
Rank, 26th percentileLowHigh
#86 of 116 tracts In Oakland
Low
Within county
74 th percentile
Rank, 74th percentileLowHigh
#101 of 378 tracts In Alameda
Elevated
Within state
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#1,290 of 9,109 tracts In California
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Oakland and the region

Centroid at 37.7933, -122.1904 · click any tract to drill in

Why Laurel scores 9.4

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
12.9% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$2,284 rent vs county FMR
3.5
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 Laurel compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Laurel risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 9.49.4This tracttract 406900Oakland: 9.69.6Oaklandparent cityCounty: 7.87.8Countyavg tract in countyState: 7.57.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 43

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 Laurel. 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 Laurel

Running hot, local political climate reads 9.7/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10. Severe burden reaches 22%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

It sits 1.6 points above the Alameda County average of 7.8. At $2,284 a month, rents run 15% over 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 97th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.9 points hotter. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 42% of renters.

Annual rent works out to 18% of average household income of $150,949. 43% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06001406900

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06001406900?

Census tract 06001406900 in the Laurel neighborhood scores 9.4/10 (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 06001406900?

Median gross rent is $2,284/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06001406900?

12.9% of residents in tract 06001406900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,865.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06001406900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 43th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 33th, household 26th, minority 73th, housing 58th.
Q5

Is tract 06001406900 considered part of Laurel?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06001406900 fall within Laurel (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06001406900 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.1% 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. 6.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06001406900 compare to Oakland overall?

Tract 06001406900 scores 9.4/10, right in line with 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 06001406900 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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