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Neighborhood · Ranked #4,888 of 84,120 nationally

University Village Eviction Risk: High , Albany

Tract 06001420401 · Alameda, CA · pop 1,333 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

Census tract 06001420401 covers part of the University Village area of Albany, CA, and scores 8.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 1,333. Severe burden reaches 34%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
8.7
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 55% Stable renters 45% Owners 0%
Tract context
Occupied units456
Renter share100.0%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate37.2%
Median income$77,083

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In University Village
Very High
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 8 tracts In Albany
Very High
Within county
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#139 of 378 tracts In Alameda
Elevated
Within state
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#2,258 of 9,109 tracts In California
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Albany and the region

Centroid at 37.8849, -122.2998 · click any tract to drill in

Why University Village scores 8.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Albany
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.1
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
37.2% poverty · this tract
9.3
Supply constraint
$2,307 rent vs county FMR
3.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Albany
5.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Albany
8.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Albany
5.0

How University Village compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
University Village risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 8.78.7This tracttract 420401Albany: 7.37.3Albanyparent cityCounty: 7.87.8Countyavg tract in countyState: 7.57.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 80

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 University Village. 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 University Village

This is renter territory: 100% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 9.3/10. The poverty rate is 37%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.8/10. Annualized rent equals 36% of average household income of $77,083, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. 55% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Alameda County average of 45.5%.

Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 8.1/10. It sits 0.9 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 94th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 8.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 06001420401

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06001420401?

Census tract 06001420401 in the University Village neighborhood scores 8.7/10 (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 06001420401?

Median gross rent is $2,307/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06001420401?

37.2% of residents in tract 06001420401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,333.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06001420401?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 66th, minority 78th, housing 98th.
Q5

Is tract 06001420401 considered part of University Village?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06001420401 fall within University Village (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06001420401 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.5% 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. 7.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06001420401 compare to Albany overall?

Tract 06001420401 scores 8.7/10, higher than the parent city of Albany at 7.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Albany; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 06001420401 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.
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