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Neighborhood · Ranked #6,298 of 84,120 nationally

Lower Bottoms Eviction Risk: Elevated , Oakland

Tract 06001410500 · Alameda, CA · pop 3,081 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Census tract 06001410500 sits in the Lower Bottoms neighborhood of Oakland, California. It has a population of 3,081 and an eviction-risk score of 6.8/10 (Elevated tier). 43% of renters here pay 30%+ of their household income on rent, with 16% severely cost-burdened (≥50%). Median gross rent is $1,320/month against a median household income of $59,402 — roughly 27% rent-to-income at the medians.

Risk score
6.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 38% Stable renters 49% Owners 13%
Tract context
Occupied units1,064
Renter share87.3%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate26.2%
Median income$59,402

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank — 0th percentileBottomTop
#3 of 3 tracts In Lower Bottoms
Very Low
Within parent city
70 th percentile
Rank — 70th percentileBottomTop
#35 of 116 tracts In Oakland
Elevated
Within county
93 th percentile
Rank — 93th percentileBottomTop
#28 of 378 tracts In Alameda
Very High
Within state
85 th percentile
Rank — 85th percentileBottomTop
#1,329 of 9,109 tracts In California
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Oakland and the region

Centroid at 37.8101, -122.2889 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lower Bottoms scores 6.8

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
26.2% poverty · this tract
6.6
Supply constraint
$1,320 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Lower Bottoms compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Lower Bottoms risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.86.8This tracttract 410500Oakland: 9.19.1Oaklandparent cityCounty: 5.85.8Countyavg tract in countyState: 6.16.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 88

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 Lower Bottoms. 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 06001410500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06001410500?

Census tract 06001410500 in the Lower Bottoms neighborhood scores 6.8/10 (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 06001410500?

Median gross rent is $1,320/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.

Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06001410500?

26.2% of residents in tract 06001410500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,081.

Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06001410500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 96th, minority 84th, housing 70th.

Q5

Is tract 06001410500 considered part of Lower Bottoms?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06001410500 fall within Lower Bottoms (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).

Q6

What share of households in tract 06001410500 struggle to pay rent?

About 25.0% 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. 16.3% also reported utility shutoff threats — a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

Q7

How does tract 06001410500 compare to Oakland overall?

Tract 06001410500 scores 6.8/10 — 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 06001410500 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. 90% 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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