Neighborhood · Ranked #3,082 of 84,120 nationally

North Berkeley Eviction Risk: High

Tract 06001422400 · Alameda, CA · pop 4,187 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

06001422400 is a census tract in the North Berkeley area of Berkeley, CA. It scores 9.3/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,187. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10.

Risk score

9.3

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 44% Stable renters 38% Owners 18%

Tract context

Occupied units1,915

Renter share81.7%

SVI overall0.38

Poverty rate9.4%

Median income$86,250

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Berkeley and the region

Centroid at 37.8752, -122.2696 · click any tract to drill in

Why North Berkeley scores 9.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Berkeley

7.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

8.1

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

9.4% poverty · this tract

2.3

Supply constraint

$2,268 rent vs county FMR

3.5

Rent control risk

Inherited from Berkeley

7.7

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.1

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Berkeley

9.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Berkeley

7.5

How North Berkeley compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 38

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

48%Socioeconomic
2%Household composition
74%Racial/ethnic minority
67%Housing & transportation

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.

0%Grade A
6%Grade B
55%Grade C
0%Grade D · redlined

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 North Berkeley. 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.

6.3%Housing insecurity
3.2%Utility-shutoff threat
7.1%Food insecurity
4.8%SNAP enrollment
5.2%Transit barriers
3.6%No health insurance
14.9%Frequent mental distress
18.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in North Berkeley

This is renter territory: 82% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. 21% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Running hot, regional political climate reads 8.1/10. It sits 1.5 points above the Alameda County average of 7.8.

Against Alameda County at 45.5%, 53% of renters here are cost-burdened. Disability prevalence runs 18.6% against 31.5% nationally. Running cool, court filing pressure reads 2.1/10.

Adults with no health insurance runs 3.6% against 11.3% nationally. 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.

That is riskier than roughly 96% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 4.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.8 points hotter.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06001422400

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06001422400?

Census tract 06001422400 in the North Berkeley neighborhood scores 9.3/10 (High tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 06001422400?

Median gross rent is $2,268/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06001422400?

9.4% of residents in tract 06001422400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,187.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06001422400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 38th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 2th, minority 74th, housing 67th.

Is tract 06001422400 considered part of North Berkeley?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06001422400 fall within North Berkeley (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06001422400 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.3% 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. 3.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06001422400 compare to Berkeley overall?

Tract 06001422400 scores 9.3/10, higher than the parent city of Berkeley at 8.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Berkeley eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 06001422400 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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